article_snippet: It was his failed bicycle kick that was cleared off the line and came back out for Bale to volley into the top corner.
article_snippet: The Welshman scored again five minutes before the break, diverting a Cristiano Ronaldo shot past Diego Marino.
article_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo's effort looked as if Ronaldo's effort was going wide and although Bale's touch was slight it was necessary and Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the goal.
article_snippet: Bale almost scored inside two minutes, taking a long ball forward down on Cristiano Ronaldo chest and volleying a long ball across the face of goal.
article_snippet: It was a Luka Modric shot that Marino pushed out to the edge of the six-yard box that Karim Benzema turned in moments later but all three Real Madrid forwards - Bale, Karim Benzema and Ronaldo - were offside.
article_snippet: Luka Modric then took a corner won by Bale and planted a corner won by Bale on the Welshman's head only for the effort to go just wide.
article_snippet: The stand-in keeper was a spectator for the most part as Real Madrid dominated and Karim Benzema could have made it three in spectacular fashion after the break.
article_snippet: Casillas flicked the ball onto the crossbar with a volley from a Ronaldo cross from the right and then caught the rebound again on a volley from a Ronaldo cross from the right only to send a volley from a Ronaldo cross from the right tamely wide.
article_snippet: Ronaldo also shot straight at Marino five minutes from time and skied an effort from the edge of the six-yard box in injury time.
article_snippet: a volley from a Ronaldo cross from the right was headed off the line, before Bale volleyed in the rebound to give Real Madrid the lead .
article_snippet: Levante goalkeeper Diego Marino gets up ahead of Bale to claim a cross, but the keeper could do nothing about the Welshman's goals .
article_snippet: Ronaldo sees a shot saved by Marino on a night where Ronaldo looked desperate to score, but found Ronaldo way constantly blocked .
highlights_snippet: Gareth Bale then deflected a Cristiano Ronaldo shot into the corner of the net for Gareth Bale second before half time .
  