article_snippet.sent: Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch with a supporter trying to hug him, Bale left it knowing that once again the fingers of blame will be pointing at him after him first half miss after Diego Godin’s slip.
article_snippet.sent: Bale was often the brightest of Real’s front three but his first half miss was still the clearest.
article_snippet.sent: Bale will not find too much consolation in the fact that Bale linked well with Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half.
article_snippet.sent: With Atletico Madrid’s left-back position still bearing a Filipe Luis-shaped hole, Bale attacked at will and Bale looked for Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo with Bale crosses as the Portuguese found Bale in centre-forward territory regularly throughout the first 45 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Bale had scored five in Bale last four games.
article_snippet.sent: Bale had embraced Bale pal Luka Modric just before kick-off and the Croatian midfielder did the Croatian midfielder best to feed the Croatian midfielder at every opportunity.
article_snippet.sent: Bale misses the best chance of the match early in the first half as Jan Oblak saves .
article_snippet.sent: When free-kicks came Real’s way they were almost all taken by Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo, although Bale was allowed to run over one – and in fairness to Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo all the set-pieces were awarded on Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo’s favoured left-side of the penalty area.
article_snippet.sent: Bale apologised to Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo after one misplaced pass.
article_snippet.sent: Bale probably shouldn’t have because Bale would have received the ball sooner if Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo had not intercepted the ball before Bale reached Bale.
article_snippet.sent: Bale stretches to control the ball as Atletico's Turkish winger Arda Turan looks on .