You also need to remember the FA, refs and media seem to give City the advantage so the rest need to deal with those as well. It seemed like other teams would rather City win it than other top clubs too. Look at how ManUtd, Chelsea and Spurs fans were supporting City when Liverpool and Arsenal were challenging for the title. Even WestHam prefered Rice to sign for ManCity rather than Arsenal.

Maybe because the FA PR machine is for show and they do not care about diversity and fair play