Morata makes the most of cameo again to rescue Real

Football Soccer - Spanish Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao- Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Spain 23/10/16. Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, Lucas Vazquez and Athletic Bilbao's goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz in action. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Alvaro Morata again proved decisive from the bench by striking a late winner against Athletic Bilbao and firing a lacklustre Real Madrid to the top of La Liga on Sunday.

The Spain international has been afforded limited opportunities in his first season back at Real following two years with Juventus, struggling to usurp first choice forwards Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.