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# Manchester United's decisive Premier League match with Chelsea to be
refereed by Howard Webb
## Howard Webb, one of the few referees to have consistently earned Sir Alex
Ferguson's approval, will take charge of Manchester United's clash with
Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday.
![Howard Webb will referee Manchester United's decisive Premier League match
with Chelsea ][1]
Taking charge: Howard Webb will be the man with the whistle when Chelsea
travel to Old Trafford Photo: GETTY IMAGES
By Rory Smith 9:29PM BST 03 May 2011
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After his side's 1-0 defeat to **[Arsenal][3]** on Sunday, the **[United][4]**
manager suggested Chris Foy's failure to award a penalty against the hosts for
a foul on Michael Owen was the latest in a string of significant errors to go
against his team.
"We are not going to get decisions like that in a major game," he said. "It's
too big a game and we don't seem to get these decisions."
Though Ferguson also suggested that Chelsea benefited from sympathetic
refereeing after scoring two dubious goals against **[Tottenham][5]**, the
Scot will escape any FA punishment, as he did not call into question Foy's
partiality.
Ferguson can, though, have no complaints over the appointment of Webb for the
game which will go a long way to deciding the destiny of the Premier League
title.
The United manager has been consistently supportive of the Yorkshire official.
He offered Webb his vocal backing after the World Cup final, in which the
referee was widely criticised for his failure to penalise Holland's roughhouse
approach.
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"He was given an impossible task with the behaviour of the players," he said.
"There was no way out for him. If he had sent a player off, he would have
faced criticism. If he did not send a player off, he would have faced
criticism."
Ferguson was similarly constructive after Webb awarded United a first-minute
penalty and sent off Steven Gerrard in their 1-0 FA Cup win over Liverpool in
January.
"I think it was two-footed," Ferguson said of Gerrard's challenge on Michael
Carrick. "He was off the ground too and it was a reckless challenge. Steven
Gerrard is not that type of player really, but I don't think he left the
referee with any option."
That game led to Ryan Babel, then of Liverpool, being fined £10,000 for
posting a picture of Webb in a United shirt on his Twitter feed, a reputation
Webb earned in some quarters after awarding Ferguson's side a controversial
penalty against Tottenham as the 2009 title race reached a climax.
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