Courtois makes Real Madrid forget about Navas

Real Madrid got back to winning ways at Getafe and Raphael Varane was the goalscoring hero on the day, performing well at the back and getting on the scoresheet twice before Luka Modric added a late third.

The other hero was Thibaut Courtois, who made several strong first half saves to keep Real Madrid in the game.

Courtois was excellent for Real Madrid and he played his part in earning the points and another clean sheet.

He made three big saves to keep the hosts out and he's making everyone at the club forget about Keylor Navas.

Sergio Ramos has often saved Los Blancos at the other end of the pitch, but in his absence Varane stepped forward.

He was a leader at the back and scored twice, delivering the kind of performance that Zinedine Zidane has wanted to see from him.

The win comes as good news for Real Madrid, but there are still problems in front of goal.

That's demonstrated by the fact that it was a centre-back scoring twice and the third coming in stoppage time when the game was over.

Before Modric's late goal, Real Madrid had effectively gone through four matches without scoring from open play.

It's time to stop comparing Ferland Mendy with Marcelo.

The former has proven himself to be a fine talent who is rarely overcome when defending and he s in with attacks intelligently.

He's missing something, so don't be surprised if Zidane opts for the Frenchman in big games due to his defensive strengths.

David Soria had a day to forget and he gifted Real Madrid their opener, venturing out of his goal to be beaten to the ball by Varane.

Granted, he did well to deny Gareth Bale at 2-0.