Last week, it was Gareth Bale's turn to have an effort to try an audacious and end up being unlucky.

The Welshman's luck was in last night as his two goals helped Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 to stay one point behind Barcelona in La Liga with El Clasico to come next week - not that Ronaldo was too happy that Bale scored the second goal:

But like Bale last week, Karim Benzema deserved a goal for this wonderful attempt on goal: 

This Benzema effort deserved a goal didn't it? https://t.co/IiTDSAhPys

— Newstalk's Team 33 (@teamthirtythree) March 15, 2015

Over in Germany, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich continue their march to the Bundesliga title and their 4-0 win over Werder Bremen included this brilliant free-kick from flying full-back David Alaba: 

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain's post-Chelsea euphoria was punctured as they lost 3-2 to Bordeaux, losing the chance to close the gap on title rivals Lyon who later drew 0-0 with Marseille.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic lost all sense of composure after the victory as he was filmed calling France "s***" and also complaining about the referee: