Haaland, City's leading scorer, appeared to have won the game against Brighton late on, but the goal was ruled to be illegal.
Pep Guardiola believes that the controversially disallowed goal by Erling Haaland in Wednesday's dramatic 1-1 draw at Brighton attests to the fact that Manchester City is the Premier League champion on their own terms.
At the Amex Stadium, City's leading scorer Haaland appeared to have scored a late winner, but VAR disallowed his close-range header from Cole Palmer's cross because of a shirt pull on Levi Colwill.
Guardiola was issued a yellow card by referee Simon Hooper for his persistent protests after he became clearly incensed by the choice after watching a replay on the stadium's big screen.
The City manager asserts The 36-goal scorer Haaland believes the incident proves his team has not benefited from favorable refereeing decisions during their run to the title because he has experienced similar physical contact from defenders all season.
"If it's forbidden, every central defender's action toward Erling Haaland is a fault," he stated.
"Every move. And on Wednesday, we spotted one or two.
As a result of Cole Palmer's outstanding action and the fact that he is bigger, stronger, and has taken Colwill's place, the goal should be awarded.
But that demonstrated that we earned all we did on the field; nobody else provided it to us.
"After the games, he is covered in bruises all over his body. If he made a mistake in the goal that was disallowed, then everything he does is wrong and never occurs.
After Julio Enciso's incredible goal cancelled out Phil Foden's opening goal, Haaland, who had missed two golden chances in the first half, nodded in the winning goal in front of the away supporters with 11 minutes remaining.
A thrilling match on the south coast ended City's 12-game winning streak in the top division, but it didn't really matter in the grand scheme of their season.
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