Gareth Bale did not have the best of times last night for Real Madrid, as he and his team-mates slipped to a 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League.

The Welshman is making his return from injury but the statistics showed he had fewer touches on the ball than goalkeeper Iker Casillas and had no discernible impact.

That prompted Roy Keane to heavily criticise the former Tottenham winger, going as far as to say that Real were effectively playing with 10 men. 

However, Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett was not willing to take any criticism from Keane or anyone else lying down in comments to BBC Sport.

"Why should we take any notice of comments from people who don’t know what they are talking about – and from people who have failed in management," he said.