Gareth Bale: Real Madrid debutant scores in draw with Villarreal

 World-record signing Gareth Bale scored on his Real Madrid debut but his new side were held to a 2-2 draw by Villarreal. The Wales forward, an £85.3m summer signing from Tottenham, played 62 minutes before being replaced.

 Bale, 24, levelled with a tap-in on 38 minutes after Cani had opened the scoring for the hosts.

Cristiano Ronaldo put Real ahead but Bale's former Spurs team-mate Giovani Dos Santos equalised on 70 minutes.

Bale's price tag meant he overtook new team-mate Ronaldo as the world's most expensive footballer. The Portuguese joined Real for £80m from Manchester United in 2009.

He has not played a full match yet this season because of a foot injury and managed 32 minutes in Wales' 3-0 defeat by Serbia on Tuesday.

But manager Carlo Ancelotti opted to hand the Welshman his first start of the campaign, playing him in a right wing role alongside Ronaldo and Isco.

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