article_snippet: Spanish newspaper Marca has criticised BBC over an article that claimed the publication had launched 'a vicious attack' on Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale.
article_snippet: BBC published an article last week with the headline 'Gareth Bale: The 'Lazy loner' under fire at Real Madrid' which alleged Marca had been overly critical of Gareth Bale as a way of attacking Real club president Florentino Perez.
article_snippet: Marca has reacted furiously, defending Marca coverage of Gareth Bale and hitting out at BBC in an article entitled 'Hooligans on BBC'.
article_snippet: Gareth Bale was the subject of an article on BBC BBC entitled: 'The 'Lazy loner' under fire at Real Madridan article alleged Marca had been critical of Gareth Bale as a way of attacking club president Florentino Perez . '
article_snippet: Marca disputed BBC's claim that Gareth Bale had been placed in the middle of 'an ugly power struggle between club president Florentino Perez and the country's most influential sports newspaper, Marca'.
article_snippet: Marcadefending Marca coverage of Gareth Bale and hitting out at BBC in an article entitled 'Hooligans on BBC' The Welsh forward responded to Marca critics by scoring both goals in Real's 2-0 win over Levante on Sunday .
article_snippet: Marca's statement continued: 'These comments are wholly unfounded and unjust - all the information published (in Marca) about Gareth Bale had been duly sourced and corroborated - but These comments also twisted things out of context. '
article_snippet: This is because the analysis of Gareth Bale featured in (the BBC) piece was just one part of some 20 pages of coverage over two days last week looking at Real Madrid's struggles, in which other individuals and problems related to the team as a whole were discussed at length.'
article_snippet: A BBC spokesperson said: 'BBC stand by the original story written by BBC Spanish football writer, Andy West, and it's difficult to see the relevance of some of the comments in the responding Marca article.'
highlights_snippet: BBC published an article last week titled 'Gareth Bale: The "Lazy loner" under fire at Real Madrid' which has drawn criticism from Marca .
  
highlights_snippet: Spanish paper hits back with own article called 'Hooligans on the BBC'
  Marca say that BBC 'like ITV, seem now to be all about drama' 