What An Incredible Fluke XLIV!

In his Friday press conference, Roberto Mancini spoke out about the refereeing bias that has accompanied Manchester United's tainted title triumph.

"... after some of the situations I saw in the last three or four weeks, I think it is really difficult for us... The rules are not the same for everyone... When I was in Italy I always thought here there were the best referees. My idea has changed."

Previous posts have reported on the tilts in decision-making in favour of Man Utd by Chris Foy, Lee Mason, Howard Webb and, in particular, the recently retired Red Walton but, in this post, we wish to focus on the Big Games that Mr Webb referees involving Manchester United - matches against Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City.

From season 2006/07 when Webb first started regularly getting the Big Games, he has been referee at 17 such events.

v Arsenal - 3 Wins 1 Draw 1 Loss
v Chelsea - 2, 2, 0
v Liverpool - 2, 0, 1
v Man City - 2, 0, 1
v Spurs - 2, 0, 0

Totalling 11 Wins 3 Draws 3 Losses.

Eight Penalties/Sendings Off in Favour of Utd, Two Against.

"The rules are not the same for everyone."

What a weird fluke!

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