Spoilt the beautiful game.

It is virtually over. Manchester United are 8 points clear of Manchester City with 6 games to go and are going to remain the Premier League champions of England. From the first day of the season it seemed as if this result had been already decided. Yesterday's game between United and Queen Park Rangers was an example. Early in the first half Ashley Young of United, who was at least 2 yards off side, went over almost untouched by QPR defender Shaun Derry. It was a clear case of diving or " simulation " as FIFA calls it and Young should have received a yellow card. Instead United receive a penalty, converted with great celebration by Wayne Rooney, and Derry is sent off. Game over. Down to 10 men QPR put up a valiant resistance until Paul Scholes scored a second with a screamer from a distance and United had all 3 points. City lost to Arsenal by a single goal and have no hope of catching United even though 18 points are still to be decided. It seems that referees are blind when it comes to United. They can beat up opponents without being sent off, can blatantly handle the ball in the penalty area without being punished, unfairly receive free kicks and penalty decisions and are given extra injury time at the end of the game to equalise if they are a goal down. It is embarrassing to watch. Such protection makes Wayne Rooney look like the best player in the world but he is shown up in international matches where he does not get such protection. Blackburn, owned by Venky's London Ltd, is down in relegation zone on 28 points. Why Venky's sacked Sam Allardyce, who was a much better manager than Steve Kean is, is a mystery. They made a loss of 18.6 million pounds last year and will lose even more if they drop down to the Championship. Perhaps football is not the same as selling chicken products. It is sad to see Liverpool struggling in eighth place. The team looks ordinary and Andy Carroll, bought from Newcastle for 35 million pounds, is a failure. A striker can only look good if he gets quality service and Liverpool is certainly not doing that. Luis Suarez scores more goals for Uruguay than he does for his club. Dalglish's pedigree is never in doubt but his signings have been poor. He needs to clear out a few and buy new players in the summer if the American owners are ready to pay. Chelsea are paying the price of meddling by the owner, Abramovich proving that you can become an oligarch by force but you cannot win titles in football. He should give full freedom to his manager and stop interfering. Arsene Wenger definitely needs to spend on new players, especially on strikers in case Van Persie is injured for any length of time. The season is coming to and end but biased refereeing has spoilt the beautiful game.