Quotes : "There can't be a better left-sided player anywhere. If he were English he'd be going to the World Cup now, that's for sure. He can play left-back or wide left in midfield, he's six foot and has great a physique. He can run all day, has an unbelievable left foot, has skill and his heading is top-class - he can do everything. Trivia : Bale played a record 24 Premier League games for Spurs without winning, eventually breaking that run against Burnley on September 26, View the full list of related articles ».
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Although Assou-Ekotto had already returned from injury, Bale continued his good form and cemented his place in the starting eleven, with his manager opting him to move to left wing to accommodate Assou-Ekotto at left-back. On 29 September, Bale scored his first Champions League goal for Tottenham in a 4—1 home win against Dutch champions Twente in their second game of the group stages. Tottenham lost the match 4—3, having been 4—0 down inside the first 35 minutes and playing with ten men for over 80 minutes of the match after goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes had been sent off in the eighth minute for a professional foul on Inter's Jonathan Biabiany.
In the return match at White Hart Lane on 2 November, Bale provided a man of the match performance, setting up goals for Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko to earn Spurs a memorable win. On 4 November, Bale stated that he intended to remain at Tottenham for the remainder of his recently signed four-year contract, despite reported interest from other clubs, then, in December, he was awarded the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year trophy.
On 19 March , it was announced he would then extended his stay at the club until Bale scored his first goal of the season on 24 September , in an away game against Wigan Athletic. The game ended in a 2—1 victory for Tottenham. He added his second and third goals of the season on 30 October with two goals against Queens Park Rangers in a 3—1 home win. He continued his good form with the first goal in a 3—1 victory over Fulham the following week, whilst also setting up Aaron Lennon who made it 2—0 on the stroke of half time.
The first goal against Fulham was later ruled by the "dubious goals committee" to be an own goal by Chris Baird. He marked the goal with a tribute to Gary Speed by holding up his left boot, with "R. P Gary Speed" stitched on it, in front of the Bolton fans. He scored his third brace of the season as he scored twice against Wigan, on 31 January to take his tally to ten goals for the season. In January , he was named Premier League Player of the Month for the second time in his career, after three goals and two assists in the Premier League for the month.
For the —13 season, Bale changed his squad number from 3 to 11 as he was "not a left-back anymore" and had asked the club for a "higher number". On 16 September , Bale scored his first goal of the season against Reading in a 3—1 away victory. On 29 September, Bale scored the second goal in Tottenham's 3—2 away victory over Manchester United, their first win at Old Trafford since On 30 January, Bale scored a magnificent solo effort in the 1—1 draw with Norwich City.
Bale then scored against West Bromwich Albion in a 1—0 away win on 3 February. Bale then took his goal tally of the season to 15 goals with a brace against Newcastle United in a match which Spurs won 2—1.
This took Spurs into third place, and strengthened their Champions League ambitions. In Bale's next game, he scored directly from two free kicks, one from 35 yards out just before half time and another from 25 yards out in the dying seconds of injury time, to give Tottenham a 2—1 victory over Olympique Lyonnais in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie on 14 February.
This took Bale to a tally of ten goals in his previous ten appearances. His second, a long range dipping strike from over 30 yards, in the dying stages of the game, capped a world class performance. This was his eighth goal in six games. On 4 April, Bale injured his right ankle in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final against Basel. A week later, on 2 May , he added the FWA Footballer of the Year Award from the Football Writers' Association, making Bale one of only two players who have won all three in the same season — the other being Cristiano Ronaldo, who won them in Bale scored the winning goal against his former club Southampton on 4 May.
The goal gave Spurs a 1—0 win as well as being Bale's 20th in the Premier League in his th appearance for Spurs. On 19 May, Bale scored a 90th-minute goal from 25 yards out to give Spurs a 1—0 win over Sunderland, but was not enough to give them Champions League football for the following season. In the final couple of years of his stint at Real Madrid, Bale was the target of criticism, abuse and insults from the Real Madrid fanbase, including a breakdown in his relationship with manager Zinedine Zidane.
This led to Bale being frozen out at Real Madrid, regularly missing matches towards the end of his spell there. He made his debut in a draw against West Ham United on 18 October He scored his first goal back at Tottenham in a win against Brighton on 1 November. Under Mourinho, eight of Bale's twelve appearances came from the bench, scoring eight goals in all competitions. Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham on 19 April due to dismal form - Bale's form picked up with the sacking.
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