“Every game in the Premier League you have to be at 100 per cent for 90 minutes or you will lose,” he told the Daily Mail.
“In Spain, you can be up at half-time against the bottom club and take your foot off the gas. You can rest players and take people off. If you try for 45 minutes you won't win a match in the Premier League.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/gareth-bale-real-madrid-premier-league-a7615366.html?amp
Similar to what Joey Barton said about France. However Bale might be making the error of not realising his Real Madrid team mates are a lot better than Spurs so of course he doesn't have to try as hard.