The look of pure glee on Gareth Bale’s face spoke volumes. It must have felt like old times for the winger as his Tottenham teammates ran to mob him. Thrown on in the 70th minute and given the task of puncturing Brighton’s resilience, Bale had rolled back the years by heading home three minutes after his introduction, bringing to mind all those times he rescued Spurs with dramatic late winners at the end of the 2012-13 season.
Perhaps it was not quite up there with the time Bale came off the bench to put Real Madrid on the path to Champions League glory with an overhead kick against Liverpool in 2018. Yet he loved his goalscoring cameo. After the breakdown in his relationship with Real, he was home at last: back in Tottenham’s colours and making a difference.
Written by Jacob Steinberg at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/01/tottenham-brighton-premier-league-match-report under the title “Joy for Gareth Bale as first goal since Tottenham return sinks Brighton”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
