Gareth Bale scored, cleared a shot off the line and missed a spot-kick during a surprise appearance for Real Madrid in their 3-2 penalty shoot-out win over Arsenal.
In a four-goal game where both teams were reduced to 10 men, it was Bale’s impact from the bench that stole the headlines.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos’ two bookings inside a minute before the break levelled things up in terms of personnel, and after the break, Real levelled the scores with a pair of quick-fire goals. The first came from surprise inclusion Bale who toe-poked home the rebound from Marco Asensio’s effort.
Within minutes, Real restored parity with Asensio getting the final touch, a powerful effort in at Emiliano Martinez’s near post from Marcelo’s cross.
After Bale’s clearance and near-miss for a second, Arsenal substitute Eddie Nketiah missed two fine chances to win the game late on which instead saw it go to a shoot-out. It was Real who picked up the extra point in the International Champions Cup standings when Robbie Burns missed the decisive kick.
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