Tackling goalmouth grapplers

Referees need to clamp down on serial holders and grapplers who are getting away with "cheating", according to former Premier League official Graham Poll.

Manchester United players, defending a free kick, wrestled two Chelsea players to the ground in the penalty box at Old Trafford on Sunday, the latest in a series of goalmouth grapples.

Referee Phil Dowd was unmoved by protests from John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic and the fouls, by Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo, went unpunished.