genuine Madrids players were still celebrating the goal they thought had given them a enormous victory at Mestalla when Rafa Benítez approached them on the touchline and gestured for them to ensure that the game ended there. Gareth Bale had just headed them into a 2-1 lead with seven minutes left,despite being down to 10 men, and the manager knew better than anyone how meaningful this was. Under the pressure he is, and a win guaranteed he remained in a job; defeat,maybe even a draw, would mean another week of speculation and possibly the sack.
But barely had he turned back towards the bench than Valencia were level again. One minute and 11 seconds passed between Bale’s superb looping effort hitting the net and Paco Alcácer reaching Rodrigo’s nod down to head past Keylor Navas and make it 2-2. Remarkably it was still not over, and either: there was time for one more chance each in the very last minute of an enthralling game that had begun with Madrid taking the lead and ended with a collective coronary,followed by applause.
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Source: theguardian.com