Why the Help?

In minute 89 of the Manchester United - Fulham encounter, Danny Murphy was caught in the penalty area of Man. U. and he went down.

Referee Michael Oliver of course refused to even consider pointing at the spot.

The commentators agreed that there was contact with the leg, no contact with the ball, and that there were serious grounds for awarding a penalty. As a matter of fact, one commentator said "That's a penalty."
But people who understand that football is not the sport where everything can happen, and every team can win, anymore can form some opinions as to why teams like Fulham do not get such calls when teams like Manchester United really need results to go their way.
Money talks.

Manchester United will never be troubled by referee calls against them, I firmly believe, until they have the title wrapped up. The referees generally have too little power and courage to upset a conglomerate that wields billions of pounds. In fact, I'm sure clubs like Manchester United have the power to be able to get a friendly referee whenever they need one.

So, really, Manchester City's only hope to get the title is to crush everybody honestly, because they don't have the relations that Manchester United has formed over the last two decades.
But if those losers continue to drop points away from home like crazy, they're going to be out of it soon. Because, even if a team plays honestly and openly against Manchester United, like Fulham seemed to do today, Ferguson's organization is still going to find a way to get the results they need.

This is really borderline over for Manchester City, truly.
If they drop any more points, that's it.
It's still in the hands of Mancini's team, because all they have to do is win all of their games. I think that, if they win all of their remaining games, they will get the goal difference edge, too, even though manchester united is so close. But how the hell is Manchester City going to win four away matches and the home game against United, when they've been sucking away from home for the last three months, and Man. U. will not stop getting wins?