Zidane and Ramos pleased with Real Madrid's efforts in winning the Uefa Super Cup against Manchester United

First trophy of the new season for the defending Primera Liga and Uefa Champions League winners comes in Macedonia.

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale attempts to get past Manchester United's Victor Lindelof. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini challenges Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal. Nikolay Doychinov / AFP

Manchester United's Paul Pogba tackles Real Madrid's Luka Modric. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

Real Madrid's Isco shoots past Manchester United's David de Gea to score the second goal. Vassil Donev / EPA

Real Madrid's Isco celebrates the second goal. Vassil Donev / EPA

Manchester United's Nemanja Matic and Real Madrid's Casemiro battle for the ball. Nick Potts / PA

Real Madrid's Keylor Navas lifts the trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup . Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos holds the trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP

Manchester United's Paul Pogba removes his medal after losing the UEFA Super Cup. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and his players look dejected as Real Madrid players lift the trophy. Nick Potts / PA

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane was proud of his players' efforts after they defeated Manchester United 2-1 in Skopje to win the Uefa Super Cup, saying they "never get tired of winning" as they continued their fine run of success under his tutelage.

The Primera Liga and Uefa Champions League winners last season were too strong for Jose Mourinho's side as goals from Casemiro and Isco won the game, with Romelu Lukaku scoring United's consolation.

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Indeed United could have won by more as Casemiro hit the bar with Tuesday's game at the Philip II Arena still goalless, and Gareth Bale struck the frame of the goal in the second half.

"You cannot play and play beautiful football at the same level for 90 minutes," Zidane said of the result.

"We played at a high quality, we suffered, yes, but we controlled the game.

"If Gareth Bale scores the third it's over.

"But we were against an opponent who wanted to cause us problems and it's normal if we suffered a bit."

Real captain Sergio Ramos echoed his manager's view that it had been a good workout for his side ahead of the domestic campaign beginning next week.

"We were superior for almost all of the game and it's important that we've started the season by winning a trophy against a team that did everything they could to win," Ramos said.

"Towards the end they had more chances and tried direct play with physical players but we stayed calm in the tense moments and kept the ball. Aside from the final minutes, we had a great game."