Agree and disagree.
I agree that big clubs seem to get the benefit of the doubt with refereeing decisions. This is not because they are cheats, or crooked, or conciously biased in any way - it is a natural human reaction to what happens when poor decisions are given against Mourinho, Wenger and the like. Referees get a torrid time in the media, every decision is analysed and over analysed and the idea that a poorly awarded/not awarded decision could cost Liverpool the title (for example) will undoubtedly play in the mind of a referee when a 50 - 50 incident happens. As an example, look at Man United v Liverpool at Old Trafford - you tell me a referee would have awarded ANY team 3 penalties in one match at old trafford when Fergie was in charge, and I will tell you referee psychology says otherwise.
When it comes to FA Charges though, I generally have always thought they are pretty fair and consistent. They certainly dont seem to be afraid of sanctioning big name players/managers either, so long as they can justify it by the letter of their own laws. The only time they don't act is when their laws prohibit it - example being this season when Rooney was yellow carded for a blatant red card offence in our game with United - the referee had acted so the FA's laws prohibited them from taking further action.
Without having seen the Ramires slap incident I would say it is very likely he will get sanctioned provided:
it was actually a slap.
and
The referee did not see it and 'deal with it' during the match - if the ref booked him, he cannot be touched.
