{"id":7367,"date":"2017-02-06T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/2017\/02\/06\/chelsea-goalkeeper-thibaut-courtois-makes-10000-mile-round-trip-to-watch-historic-sporting-weekend\/"},"modified":"2017-02-06T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T12:25:10","slug":"chelsea-goalkeeper-thibaut-courtois-makes-10000-mile-round-trip-to-watch-historic-sporting-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/?p=7367","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois Makes 10,000 Mile Round-Trip to Watch Historic Sporting Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.5431619787\">\n<p>?Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has certainly enjoyed a hectic weekend of sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First of all playing a key role in the Blues&#8217; 3-1 win over Arsenal on Saturday before jetting off the the US to watch his favourite basketball side, the\u00a0<inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">New York Knicks, and going on to\u00a0attend at the Super Bowl as well on Sunday.<\/inline><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">The 24-year-old was in fine form for Chelsea on Saturday, limiting Arsenal to just one goal in a result that sees Antonio Conte&#8217;s side go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League.<\/inline><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\"><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Following the result at Stamford Bridge, Courtois hopped on an eight-hour flight to New York in time to see the Knicks play at\u00a0<inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Madison Square Gardens at 8pm.<\/inline><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">And the Belgian shot-stopper didn&#8217;t stop there, flying to Texas to watch the Super Bowl just 22 hours later.<\/inline><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\"><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Courtois was in for a treat at the Super Bowl as he witnessed one of the greatest comebacks of all-time, with the New England Patriots fighting from 28-3 down to beat the Atlanta Falcons in overtime.<\/inline><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-label=\"Drop here...\"><inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">He Tweeted the whole experience, uploading a video at the Super Bowl alongside the caption: &#8220;<\/inline><inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">What a comeback! Congrats to <\/inline>@Patriots<inline style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\"> !! 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