Bale strike gives Madrid narrow win over struggling Huesca


Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group G - AS Roma v Real Madrid - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - November 27, 2018 Real Madrid's Gareth Bale scores their first goal past AS Roma's Robin Olsen REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

HUESCA, Spain (Reuters) - Gareth Bale ended a three-month goal drought in La Liga to give Real Madrid a nervy 1-0 win away to basement club Huesca on Sunday, taking his side back into the top four at the expense of Alaves.

The Wales forward, who had not found the net in the league since Sept. 1 but had scored in the Champions League, gave Real an ideal start by volleying home a cross from Alvaro Odriozola in the eighth minute.

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