article_snippet: Bale was seeing plenty of the ball down the Madrid right although Bale was at times handicapped by Bale preference for crossing with Bale left.
article_snippet: Bale should have been awarded a penalty when Jaume Costa grabbed Bale arm at a corner and stopped Bale taking off to connect with Kroos’ kick.
article_snippet: From another Kroos corner on the half hour Bale this time jumped unimpeded and headed just wide.
article_snippet: Bale then hit the top of Sergio Asenjo’s bar with a cross-shot from the right and Ronaldo blasted a free-kick over from 35-yards.
article_snippet: The Bernabeu crowd had not helped with the usual nervous whistles for Bale when one of Bale passes went astray.
article_snippet: Bale had shown more than most for the home side and in the second half Bale pass to Ronaldo brought about the opening goal.
article_snippet: As the ball was played in Eric Bailey tried to take the Portuguese for a dance grabbing Bale around the waist and and spinning Bale around.
article_snippet: Ronaldo could have got Ronaldo second moments later from another Bale assist
article_snippet: Ronaldo then returned the favour to Bale but the Ronaldo pulled Ronaldo shot high and wide.
article_snippet: Bale failed to have much of an impact, with the exception of one cross which looped up onto the crossbar late in the first half .
article_snippet: Bale then crossed from the right and Ronaldo rose highest in the area but against Asenjo made the save brilliantly tipping the ball over Asenjo bar.
article_snippet: Bale gets up above three defenders, but for all their chances Real were unable to find a crucial winning goal .
highlights_snippet: Gareth Bale hits the cross bar as Real Madrid fail to break their opponents down in difficult first half .
  