Alan Shearer believes Jude Bellingham was fortunate not to have picked up a yellow card during Arsenal's thrashing of Real Madrid in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg meeting.

That said, is set for his next selection headache in the return leg in Spain as the Englishman's midfield teammate Eduardo Camavinga now finds himself suspended.

Goalless at half-time, the tie would spring into life with two perfect free-kicks. The hero stepped up to curl beyond Thibaut Courtois, not once but twice.

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Mikel Merino then stepped up with a beautifully hit third goal to help put men 90 minutes away from a semi-final date against either Aston Villa or Paris Saint-Germain. As Real's frustration began to show at three goals down, Bellingham let his out on .

The captain picked up the ball on the edge of his own penalty area and began to break forwards. Bellingham first had one go at him from behind with a hand on either shoulder. When that didn't work the Englishman did same thing again.

"Should be a yellow card, shouldn't it? Two swipes at it. There's the first one, there's the second one," argued Shearer, on commentary duty for Amazon Prime at the .

Even if Bellingham had picked up a booking, he was not one of Real's six stars at risk of suspension for the second leg had he accumulated another this season.

Camavinga was on that list and had already had his second-leg fate sealed in the 70th minute with a booking. His punishment was only compounded when kicking the ball away, for which he received his marching orders.

Shearer said: "How stupid's that? Ridiculous, kicking a ball away like that. I understand you've taken a beating in the second half but that just sums up Real Madrid this evening, it really does."