Well what a game that was. And what a conclusion for Gareth Bale.

You can read our report on Bale's two goals and red card in Real Madrid's draw at Villarreal here.

Switching countries, we also had a thrilling Rome derby earlier in the day, with Lazio and Roma playing out an entertaining 1-1 draw. You can read all about that here.

If you fancy a bit more reading and are wondering what might happen with Neymar, Paul Pogba and Christian Eriksen, this piece on the La Liga transfer deadline is well worth a shout.

Thanks for joining me and see you soon.

And come up for air.

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The crowd are going mental at the Estadio de la Ceramica. Real Madrid's Gareth Bale is sent-off.

Bale picked up both bookings in time added on. You just can't keep him out of the headlines.

Both teams have four minutes to find a winner.

Vinicius Junior goes down but there's nothing doing for Real Madrid.

Luka Modric snaps a shot away which Yellow Submarine keeper Andres Fernandez can't hold but Karim Benzema is offside as he tries to knock in the rebound.

Villarreal survive another scare.

Fede Valverde is on for Toni Kroos for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are getting a tad ragged here. They are committing players forward but they just can't find any rhythm to their play.

Ferland Mendy's positional sense is being called into question here.

The France left-back is caught out by Moi Gomez and gives away a cheap free-kick. Real Madrid's defending has been pretty atrocious in general mind.

Real Madrid's air of superiority has completely disappeared.

Now a change for Villarreal. Former AC Milan forward Carlos Bacca is coming on for Santi Cazorla.

Real Madrid also make a change Vinicius Junior is on for Lucas Vazquez.

That's different class. Luka Modric's first act on the pitch is to spray a 40-yard ball wide straight into the path of his Real Madrid teammate Ferland Mendy.

I wish he was still playing in the Premier League.

Real Madrid take off a Serbian Luka Jovic and bring on their Croatian maestro Luka Modric.

What impact can he have?

Another chance for Real as Gareth Bale crosses from the left and Karim Benzema gets up for a header, but his effort hits a defender in the back.

Toko Ekambi is replaced by on loan Fulham midfielder Andre-Frank ZamboAnguissa.

Karim Benzema prods the ball past Andres Fernandez from close range but the Real Madrid man is offside.

That looked close. I've just seen a replay. He's about four inches offside. Big sigh of relief for the hosts.

Villarreal are hanging on here. Toni Kroos twice has chances to give the visitors the lead.

Twice he is denied by a combination of resolute defending and excellent goalkeeping from Andres Fernandez.

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Javier Ontiveros comes on for Samuel Chukwueze as head coach Javier Calleja makes a change.