Gareth Bale saves Real from defeat by Villarreal

MADRID (Reuters) - Gareth Bale has saved Real Madrid from losing their first league defeat of the season after scoring two goals that led them to a 2-2 draw at Villarreal in the third round of La Liga.

Rial, who continued to bleed points after falling in the draw for the second game in a row, rose to five points in fifth place, while Villarreal increased its score to two points in the 16th place.

Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno in the 12th minute, after the referee used the technique of assistant video referee (FAR), but Bell scored the equalizer for the visitors in the first minute of time instead of wasted the first half.

Villarreal returned to the lead after Moises Gomez scored the second goal in the 74th minute, but Bell returned to score again to score the equalizer in the 86th minute.

Real ended the game with 10 men after Bell was sent off in the last minute of wasted time, for a second bookable offense.