This will be another examination, after Bale’s phantom weight performance against Fulham, I’d be amazed to see him start again so soon. The idea that all the 31-year-old needed was a run-out, and that Mourinho was somehow holding him back or whatever was fanciful. As we established in short order, the whole Bale is back campaign was a nice idea, but now needs to be quietly cancelled.
Subs’ bench from: Hart, Whiteman, Doherty, Tanganga, Davies, Dier, Rodon, Sissoko, Winks, Bergwijn, Bale, Lamela, Vinícius