Scudamore sealed it for City when he publicly announced that the PL didn’t want anyone else running away with the League after our Centurions season.
The absolute ineptitude of all PL refs was given another layer of anti City legitimacy by that statement which was further ring fenced by the PiGMOL / PL operated version of VAR.
All of this peaked in our home game agin Spuds and NeVARpool away. The corrupt decisions against City in those matches, convinced the players & certainly the fans, that we would not be allowed to to win the league again.
Injuries aside, the heart & spirit was ripped from the team and the wickedly contrived public vilification of Bernardo just about put the tin hat on #operationstopcity.
Oliver,Mason & Moss are the leading referee activists.