Mark Goldbridge gives his Man City conspiracy theory after spotting what players did against Wolves

Mark Goldbridge has shared a conspiracy theory for why he thinks Manchester City's 95th minute winner at Wolves was awarded after VAR intervention.

John Stones headed home from a Phil Foden corner with virtually the last kick of the game at Molineux to come to City's rescue once again.

But after Stones had raced over to celebrate with the travelling City fans, the goal was initially disallowed on-field due to Bernardo Silva being in an offside position.

However, Stuart Attwell on VAR instructed referee Chris Kavanagh to head over to the pitchside monitor and he proceeded to reverse the decision and give the goal.

Although Silva had made contact with Jose Sa when the corner was floated in and he could not be offside, he moved out the way for when Stones headed in and did not impact the goalkeeper.

On X, the official Premier League's Match Centre account provided an explanation for why Silva did not interfere.

[John] Stones’ goal was disallowed on-field due to Bernardo Silva being in an offside position and in the goalkeeper’s line of vision,” they explained on X.

“The VAR deemed Bernardo Silva wasn’t in the line of vision and had no impact on the goalkeeper and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned his original decision, and a goal was awarded.”

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Post-match, Wolves boss Gary O'Neil referenced a similar situation last season when a Wolves goal vs West Ham was chalked off for interfering and mentioned the possibility of a subconscious bias towards the bigger sides.

But United Stand owner and streamer Goldbridge claimed that City's players crowding the referee played a part in the call.

Taking to X, he wrote: "Spot on! And a polite way of saying what we all see. "There is something going on because it's always the same team getting the same decisions by crowding the ref every chance they get."

Some confusion over the goal still persisted but VAR expert Dale Johnson of ESPN helped clear up that by explaining that "there's no offside phase" when Silva was in contact with Sa.

He also stressed that "any offside offence by Silva only begins at the point Stones heads the ball" and he was away from Sa at this moment.