Jude Bellingham fined $ 45,000 for comments on referee Felix Zwayer

Speaking of Zwayer’s decision to award Bayern a penalty for a handball against Mats Hummels, Bellingham said Viaplay Football: “You can look at a lot of decisions in the game. Give a referee, who has already set a match, the most important match in Germany – what do you expect?”

Zwayer was involved in a match-fixing scandal in Germany in 2005 and, at the time, claimed he never deliberately influenced the outcome of a match.

According to Reuters, the DFB, the governing body of football in Germany, banned Zwayer for six months for his involvement in the scandal.

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In a statement on Tuesday, the DFB said the fine was imposed on Bellingham for “unsportsmanlike conduct” as its comments had “doubted the referee’s impartiality”.

Saturday’s result saw Bayern take a four-point lead over Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga.

CNN’s Nina Avramova contributed to the report.