Manchester United Vs. Chelsea FC: Frank Lampard Gets Away With Blatant Handball

So much for that whole "Howard Webb favors Manchester United" conspiracy theory. Chelsea have committed all kinds of offenses in this game that Webb has let slide, no more glaring than Frank Lampard's 51st second handball in the box. Sliding down to block a cross, Lampard obviously contacted the ball with his hand, which was well away from his body. Webb missed it, and did not grant United a penalty. Just one minute later, Solomon Kalou committed a blatant dive in an attempt to get Nemanja Vidic booked, and was not carded.

This is in addition to Branislav Ivanovic's multiple yellow card offenses in the first half, but it's not like Webb's being biased, he's just simply not having a great game. He's missed calls going the other way as well, but of course, referees are human and big games are hard to officiate. Perhaps he's giving each team the benefit of the doubt and comments by players and managers to the media about Mr. Webb have gone to his head.