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Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois is undervalued but key to club's success

"You can say that we have a goalkeeper," Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said, smiling. You can, yeah.

This was after a game against Sevilla, but it could have been Rotterdam, Liverpool, Rome or anywhere, really. Every week, every game, good, bad or indifferent, there's at least one astonishing save from Thibaut Courtois. Sometimes they don't really need it; sometimes they really, really do. But either way, it's always there.

Real Madrid have won seven games in a row. Without him, they wouldn't have. All of them have seen a Courtois save, seemingly a statutory requirement now, no match complete without one.