Bale off to a flyer but Ronaldo still Real top dog

The €100 million man Gareth Bale joined fellow galacticos David Beckham, Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo in scoring on his La Liga debut for Real Madrid on Saturday night, but was still upstaged by teammates Diego Lopez and Ronaldo — who looks keen to show he remains Madrid’s top dog.

Bale’s goal in the 2-2 draw at Villarreal was just one of a number of highlights in a pulsating game which featured a man-of-the-match performance by Lopez against his former team, with Ronaldo also getting on the scoresheet. The Welshman’s first game in white was then further superseded on Sunday morning when it was announced that Ronaldo had at last signed a new contract to stay at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Bale will probably not have been too concerned though, as his debut went so well.