Solari: Bale can celebrate however he likes LaLiga Santander - Levante vs Real Madrid Played down the controversy

Gareth Bale was at the centre of attention on Sunday night after refusing to celebrate his winning goal with his teammates as Real Madrid beat Levante 2-1 at the Estadio Ciutat de Valencia.

Santiago Solari played down the incident, though, and praised the Welshman's approach.

"He was happy in the dressing room because he scored," Solari said afterwards.

"I loved how he entered the pitch with rage and the way he played.

"He won us the game and did a great job. I though he was fantastic."

Solari was also reluctant to discuss the celebration, or lack of, instead insisting on keeping his focus on the performance.

"You have more eyes," he said.

"What I saw is how he worked and how he played on the pitch.

"He gave us the win, he got the goal and can celebrate it as he wishes."

In all, it was a poor performance from Madrid, but Solari was again avoiding any discussion of negatives.

"We want to focus on the positives," he explained.

"The positive is how we worked in a difficult played.

"We played a good match and could have scored earlier, [then] the win would have been more comfortable."