Real conceded in the opening seconds at home to Rayo Vallecano but eventually won 6-2.
“When you come from a poor performance week, what the team needs is a good start and to score. But when the match started and you almost lose the game, things are more difficult,” said the Portuguese.
“But the character is there and the men on the team reacted.
“We changed where we had gone wrong after 20 or 25 minutes and got ahead.
“Then we found situations to do better.”
