Let's look at an alternative scenario. An England World Cup game v Spain, and England score a goal where the the ball might have been out of play some time before. Does anyone believe that there would have been endless discussion about how England's goal should have been disallowed? Of course not, because the media all support England in the World Cup, as you'd expect. Had Spain scored such a goal, there cdertainly would have been an angry inquest.
It therefore depends on whom you want to win. We don't want Spain to beat England, so the media will dispute the legality of their goal. By the same token, some media rats don't want City to do well, so they'll look for ways to disprove the legitimacy of a City goal, however brilliant it was.
You'd think that City, as the only English club left in the competition, would get the wholehearted support of the media. But no. In ther words, City are reported/commented on by many sources in a different way from the national side.
It shows that many do not want us to succeed, or the hegemony of the redshirted trio will be threatened.