Santiago Solari said Gareth Bale helped define Saturday's derby after scoring his 100th Real Madrid goal against Atletico Madrid.
It was a memorable outing for Bale at Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano, where the Welsh forward celebrated his century of goals in the 3-1 La Liga derby victory.
Casemiro opened the scoring for Madrid with the quickest goal Atletico have conceeded in La Liga at their home ground, with Sergio Ramos hitting from the penalty spot to put the club 2-1 up after Antoine Griezmannu200b has leveled matters.
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Bale came off the bench and netted Madrid's third – his 100th goal in all competitions since arriving from Tottenham in 2013 for a world-record fee – against 10-man Atletico.