Uruguay striker Luis Suarez should be banned for “as long as possible” if he is found guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, according to former England captain Alan Shearer.

Liverpool forward Suarez appeared to bite Chiellini just before Uruguay scored their winning goal.

The Italian certainly felt he was bitten, pulling his shirt down to show an apparent mark on his left shoulder.

Shearer said: “The pictures are damning and I don’t see how he can get away with it.” Former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage added: “It is a disgrace. Suarez should never play international football again.”

Gary Lineker said it was clear Suarez was starting to lose his composure in the build-up to the incident.

“Suarez has clearly got a short fuse,” said the Match of the Day presenter and former England striker.

“It was 0-0 at that stage, with not long to go and Suarez was obviously getting frustrated. He wants to bite people when he goes mad.”

Suarez has been involved in similar incidents twice before.

He was banned for 10 games for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic in April 2013 and received a seven-game suspension for biting PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal while at Ajax in 2010.

-Punch