Ronaldo Angry With Bale As Madrid Sink Deeper

Frustrated Christiano Ronaldo could not hide his anger with Gareth Bale as Real Madrid slumped to their second defeat in four days and slipped behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga title race

With Real trailing 2-1 in the closing moments at Sevilla, Ronaldo could not hide his frustration after £86million record signing Bale decided to take a free kick, instead of leaving it for the Portuguese forward, and lashed his effort over the bar.

Ronaldo was caught by TV cameras aiming a verbal volley at Bale.

It capped a dismal night for the Welshman, who was off the pitch changing his boots, leaving Real temporarily down to 10 men, as Carlos Bacca scored the winner in the 73rd minute.

Madrid’s loss at the Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium came four days after they squandered a chance to effectively end Barcelona’s title defence, with Lionel Messi out-dueling Ronaldo by scoring a hat trick for a thrilling 4-3 win in the Spanish capital.

‘We have to keep working, fighting and ask our fans for forgiveness,’ said Madrid full back Marcelo.

‘It’s tough to do what we did, to keep winning for so many games. We have lost two games. They aren’t more important, but they are critical. Now everything is much more difficult.’

With Atletico Madrid beating Granada and Barcelona winning against Celta the result left Diego Simeone’s side top and Real Madrid third.

It was a particularly frustrating night for Bale who picked up his fourth booking of the season and squandered several chances either side of half-time with wayward shooting.