Daily Mirror

IT’S REAL DISGRACE AS BALE’S BATTERED

- BAD NIGHT

GARETH BALE ended battered and bruised as CSKA MOSCOW inflicted REAL MADRID’S heaviestev­er European home defeat with a stunning 3-0 victory at the Bernabeu.

The spotlight has fallen on Bale now Cristiano Ronaldo has left for Italy.

But he did not arrive until half-time last night in place of Karim Benzema.

And there was a scare for Real when Bale crashed to the ground clutching his right ankle.

The Wales internatio­nal continued after treatment, but he did not look comfortabl­e as he attempted to run off the knock. Madrid had already

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Gareth Bale suffered at the Bernabeu

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