Steve Kean has backed up Sir Alex Ferguson in his assertion that Man Utd do not enjoy preferential treatment from referees.
Blackburn boss backs up Ferguson over referees
Blackburn boss Steve Kean has backed up Sir Alex Ferguson in his assertion that Manchester United do not enjoy preferential treatment from referees.
Manchester City's football development executive Patrick Vieira ramped up his war of words with United by claiming that the Premier League champions, along with the biggest clubs in Spain and Italy, may be given favourable decisions on home soil.
Vieira's comments came after referee Michael Oliver failed to award a penalty for an apparent foul by Michael Carrick on Danny Murphy in United's 1-0 victory over Fulham on Monday.
Ferguson argued decisions even themselves out over a season and Kean, whose side were put on their way to a stunning 3-2 win at Old Trafford in December by a penalty from Yakubu, agrees.
Total integrity
The Blackburn boss, whose side face United on Monday at Ewood Park, with coverage live on
Sky Sports 1HD from 7pm, said: "There's been occasions this season where you get a decision and sometimes you don't. I believe they do even themselves out. I've always trusted the total integrity of referees, they can only give a decision the way they see it.
"We managed to get a penalty, which I thought it was, at Old Trafford. We didn't manage to get one on Saturday at Bolton, which I thought was as well.
"Sometimes referees could be in slightly better positions. When we had a decision that went against us at Norwich, when you look at the position the referee was in, it looked as though it was a deliberate handball.
"But we've always got the beauty of seeing it in high definition, six or seven different angles, frame by frame. I think the referees give what they see and I would never question that."
