Ex-Tottenham star Gareth Bale goes from irrelevance to Real's new Puskas in four days

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Yesterday, though, Gareth Bale was being dubbed “Canoncito” after Real’s legendary Hungarian maestro Ferenc Puskas,

One paper rated his display against Sevilla at the Bernbabeu as “10 out of 10”, another said he personally gave an “exhibition”.

A week can be a long time in football. But this was only four days.

Four days and two goals, two assists, an extraordinary 7-3 win against Sevilla, and suddenly all is sweetness and light.

In what was, significantly, his first start at the Bernabeu, Bale looked to have arrived as a Real player at last – or, at least, to have begun the process of establishing himself as a central figure in Carlo Ancelotti’s so far faltering team.

After Sunday’s display at the Nou Camp the critics had been harsh.