Gareth
Bale faces a race against time to prove his fitness for Real Madrid's
trip to Liverpool on Wednesday night - and looks increasingly likely to
miss out with a muscle strain.
Bale
sat out of his first league game of the season against Levante at the
weekend and coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed it was not part of his
rotation policy.
The
player has a strain in the pyramidalis muscle where the thigh meets the
buttock and looks extremely unlikely to start at Anfield.
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The Welshman (right, training with Cristiano Ronaldo) was an unused substitute against Levante on Saturday
After
his injury-interrupted the start to last season, Bale was on the brink
of becoming the only player at Real Madrid to have started all eight of
Real Madrid’s games in the league so far this time.
But
returning from international duty with Wales, his injury-free run has
ended. The bad news for Liverpool is Real Madrid won 5-0 without Bale at
the weekend and gave their most impressive performance of the campaign
with last season’s big signing from Malaga, Isco, giving a virtuoso
display in midfield.
He
would have stepped down for the European clash but now looks set to
stay in the team as Bale tries to get fit for El Clasico at the
weekend.
Isco (centre) celebrates scoring his late goal against Levante in the league at the weekend
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