No stopping Jude Bellingham rise as Real Madrid and England star enjoys week to remember

It is a celebration that has already become very familiar to supporters from teams across La Liga; Jude Bellingham standing perfectly still, looking out towards the stands, arms outstretched and nodding his head with a look of cool, calm confidence.

Barcelona fans were the latest to become first-hand witnesses, at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, as Bellingham scored a 92nd-minute winner for arch-rivals Real Madrid in the season's opening clasico.

It was a simple close-range finish after substitute Luka Modric had fortuitously deflected a Dani Carvajal cross from the right straight into his teammate's path.

If Bellingham's second goal of the game enjoyed a touch of luck in its build-up, his first – that levelled the scores in the second half after Ilkay Gundogan had put Barca into an early lead – summed up the midfielder's meteoric start to life at Madrid.

The summer signing from Borussia Dortmund picked up possession around 30 metres from goal before taking a touch and blasting the ball like a missile past a helpless Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the Barca goal. It was the 20-year-old's 13th goal in 13 games for Los Blancos. He has also supplied three assists.

“I’ve just phoned home,” Bellingham said after the game. “It was hard to hear them with all the noise, but there was a bit of emotion thinking about all the times I watched this game on the sofa with my brother, my parents. I said it was my turn to experience it, to make an impression.”

And what an impression it was. “He was stupendous,” admitted Real manager Carlo Ancelotti. “He looks like a veteran out there because of his attitude. His first goal changed the dynamic completely of what was a difficult game for us.

“I can't deny that we are all surprised with his vein