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When match officials who have just overseen one of the worst set of decisions in the Barclays Premier League this season are seen laughing and joking with the hierarchy of the club that has just benefited from some really dubious judgements, then any neutral observer would assume that there has been a degree of collaboration. The fact that these 'events' will get brushed under the carpet is synonymous with the dual values applied to the League's 'top six' sides and the rest, it has become accepted that 'lower' teams just don't get the rub of the green from the officials in charge.

Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Dalot, Fred, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Martial, Lukaku. Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Rashford, Pereira, Darmian, McTominay, Greenwood.
West Ham United: Fabianski, Balbuena, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Rice, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Anderson, Hernandez. Subs: Adrian, Obiang, Diop, Fredericks, Antonio, Holland, Diangana.

At this stage of the season clubs like West Ham have little to play for except the finishing position bonus that they receive depending on how high up they finish, but this season could have ended differently but for a ridiculous injury list that at some points beggared belief and some lamentable performances epitomised by the loss to Wimbledon in the most open of FA Cups for 20 years!