Gareth Bale scored on his debut for Real Madrid but Carlo Ancelotti's side could only draw 2-2 with Villarreal away from home in La Liga.
The Wales international winger, who joined the Spanish giants from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer for a world-record £85m transfer fee, found the target in the 39th minute.
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Villarreal had started the contest the brighter of the two teams and surged ahead on 21 minutes through Cani, who collected a loose ball inside the Madrid box and slammed it home.
However, the visitors soon began to increase their pressure and equalised through Bale before the break, the 24-year-old turning home a Daniel Carvajal cross.
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Jaume Costa almost restored the Yellow Submarine's advantage 10 minutes into the second half with a shot that went just wide, and Cristiano Ronaldo punished them for that miss.
The Portugal international forward was quick to collect a parried save from Sergio Asenjo and found the target with the help of a deflection.
However, Giovani dos Santos made it 2-2 in the 70th minute after Diego Lopez had turned a save from a Cani effort onto his path.
Madrid poured forward in search of their third and potentially winning goal, but failed to make their chances count.
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