Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham may reportedly face criminal charges over his scathing attack on referee Felix Zwayer following his side's Der Klassiker defeat.

Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham could reportedly be facing criminal charges over comments made about referee Felix Zwayer.

The 18-year-old launched a scathing attack on the Der Klassiser referee following Dortmund's 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich at the weekend, with a controversially-awarded penalty for handball against Mats Hummels deciding the game.

Speaking to the Viaplay after the game, Bellingham brought up Zwayer's previous six-month ban for his involvement in a 2005 match-fixing scandal, saying: "You give a referee, that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?

"For me, it wasn't [a penalty]. He [Hummels] is not even looking at the ball and he's fighting to get it and it hits him.You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game."

Now, Sky Deutschland reports that police in Germany are investigating the teenager's comments, with referee observer Marco Haase understood to have filed a defamation lawsuit.

Zwayer defended his penalty calls after the game, and a decision over whether Bellingham will be hit with any charges will reportedly be made later this week. body check tags ::

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