Manchester United v. Tottenham Hotspur: HOWARDisgusting!

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I have officially had it with the FA! If you don’t like brutal honesty, kindly click on another article because this is going to be the "hard stuff". I’m spitting feathers and as much saliva as a salivating llama.

Today was the most depressing and annoying day for Spurs fans across the globe as Manchester United steal a 5-2 win at Old Trafford when they looked like they were being played off their own pitch in the first half.

A goal from Darren Bent plus another from Luka Modric equalled ecstasy for the travelling Spurs fans as they glared at one of the most surprising scorelines ever to grace Old Trafford for years.

Two goals to nil at half-time.

Then, in the second half, things got frustrating and ugly as various Manchester United players vented their anger on the Spurs players whilst getting away with some of it.

Just a few minutes into the second half and midfielder Michael Carrick was through on goal with nobody else but Spurs goalie Gomes in his way. Gomes rightly challenged Carrick for the ball, but Carrick tripped over Gomes’ arms and fell down in the penalty box.

From that moment, the game was completely turned at a full 180˚ as Ronaldo made his first mark on the match. He centred a penalty kick into the net, preceding four more goals against a Spurs side which had ran out of steam and was spluttering for the rest of the game.

However, everybody thought and knew that Gomes had got his hands on the ball as Michael Carrick went down. Only the officials didn’t "see" that and referee Howard Webb gave a penalty unnecessarily.

Spurs fans like me have been venting their own anger on forums and Facebook comment pages around the web[b]—little pun there—and who should blame us? Inconsistencies and favouritism towards the bigger club have gone too far!

If it was Van der Sar challenging for the ball in the same situation, the referee would wave the appeals away with his hands like an eagle on crack.

But seeing as it’s Spurs, who were about to prove they were playing better than Man Utd at Old Trafford, Howard Webb decided to save their blushes by giving them the benefit of the unreasonable doubt and handing Utd a goal.

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