With Real trailing 2-1 in the closing moments at Sevilla, Ronaldo could not hide his frustration after £86million record signing Bale decided to take a free kick, instead of leaving it for the Portuguese forward, and lashed his effort over the bar.
Ronaldo was caught by TV cameras aiming a verbal volley at Bale.
It capped a dismal night for the Welshman, who was off the pitch changing his boots, leaving Real temporarily down to 10 men, as Carlos Bacca scored the winner in the 73rd minute.
Madrid's loss at the Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium came four days after they squandered a chance to effectively end Barcelona's title defence, with Lionel Messi out-dueling Ronaldo by scoring a hat trick for a thrilling 4-3 win in the Spanish capital.
These consecutive losses came after Carlo Ancelotti's side had gone undefeated for 31 straight matches.
'We have to keep working, fighting and ask our fans for forgiveness,' said Madrid full back Marcelo.
'It's tough to do what we did, to keep winning for so many games. We have lost two games. They aren't more important, but they are critical. Now everything is much more difficult.'
Bacca was collecting tickets on local buses in his home town in his early twenties before he finally got his career on the right road.
The Colombian striker arrived at Sevilla for just £6m in the summer and has now scored 18 goals in all competitions this season.
He was the second-half hero scoring after a superb piece of skill from Ivan Rakitic. The Croatian midfielder flicked the ball over Pepe’s head and sent Bacca through. Pepe recovered to pursue the Sevilla forward but he was quicker to the loose ball and sent his shot through the legs of Diego Lopez to put his side 2-1 in front.
With Atletico Madrid beating Granada and Barcelona winning against Celta the result left Diego Simeone’s side top and Real Madrid third.
It was a particularly frustrating night for Bale who picked up his fourth booking of the season and squandered several chances either side of half-time with wayward shooting.
Atletico lead the way at the top of the league on 73 points after Diego Costa's 63rd minute header was enough to give them all three points at home against Granada.
Barcelona are second on 72 points, with Madrid third on 70, but Barca's victory was marred by a serious injury to goalkeeper Victor Valdes which has likely ended his career with the club and ruled him out of the World Cup.
The 32-year-old goalkeeper, who has long planned to leave the Nou Camp at the end of his contract in June, fell awkwardly while saving a free-kick from Fabian Orellana in the 22nd minute of the match, and could be seen crying as he left the pitch on a cart.
Barca confirmed an anterior cruciate ligament tear after the match.
'Victor Valdes suffered an ACL tear on 22 minutes after saving a free-kick,' the club said on their website. 'The club's medical services confirm that he will need surgery.'
In Seville, Cristiano Ronaldo put Madrid in front with a 15th minute deflected free-kick after he had been fouled by Andujar Coke, but Sevilla replied almost immediately through Carlos Bacca, and in the 72nd minute some superb skill from Ivan Rakitic set up Bacca for the second.
It was a record sixth straight win for Sevilla, lifting them up to fifth, six points behind Athletic Bilbao in fourth.
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