West Ham boss Sam Allardyce thinks his side would have emerged from their Premier League clash with Tottenham with all three points had Matt Taylor not been denied in the second-half.
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At 2-1 up and with just 16 minutes remaining, Taylor had an opportunity to add a third when one-on-one with goalkeeper Hugo Lloris who was quick off his line to make a fine save.
Spurs then equalised just two minutes later before Bale's scintillating strike sealed a 3-2 win.
After the match Allardyce told Sky Sports: "We've done a terrific job and made a terrific go of it. Jussi (Jaaskelainen, goalkeeper) played so well.
"It was at a crucial stage when Matt Taylor got through one-on-one. The keeper made a good save, but we want to be scoring that and, at 3-1, there's no way back for them.
"In the end, we've been beaten by Gareth Bale. He continues to produce world-class strikes. You'd think he's run out, but that was probably the best of the lot.
"The way he hit it, there's not a lot you can do and, at that stage, there's not much time to come back.
"If you go in too tight on Bale, he skips past you and, if you make him hit it from 30 yards out, it's got to be a hell of a strike to score. But, as soon as he hit it, I went, 'Oh no'.
"It's a very disappointing end to one of our best performances here against a top side. We caused them a lot of problems.
"We went 1-0 down to their first shot on target, got 2-1 up, had a chance to get 3-1 up, and then paid the price."
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