Don't leave me hanging: Kroos & Bale finally high five

The comedian Jerry Seinfeld loathed the high five. "Slapping hands is the lowest form of male primate ritual," he once said. "In fact, even some of them have moved on and are doing sign language now."

And, it appeared that Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos agreed with him. After being withdrawn in his side's 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich, he trudged toward the bench and seemingly ignored the outstretched hand of Gareth Bale.

It turned out to be a simple error and the two have posed for a snap on the Welshman's Instagram page, where he joked that the German had "left me hanging for a while".