The winger burst into the box and tripped himself on the turf as he was about to shoot with no one near him.
Somehow, the referee pointed to the spot, with Gabriel Jesus controversially doubling his side's lead before the break.
And the BT Sport pundits, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves, all ex-Manchester United stars reckoned the City players should have made the officials aware they had made a huge mistake.
Ferdinand blasted: "The City players should have stopped and told the ref look it's not a penalty."
While some may use the shocking decision as evidence VAR should be introduced, Hargreaves was having none of it.
He said: Worst refereeing decision ever.
"How many refs do they need to get that right?"
It didn't seem to matter too much as City hammered the Ukrainians 6-0 and are all but through to the Champions League KO stages.
A Gabriel Jesus treble and goals from David Silva, Sterling and Riyad Mahrez completed the rout making it an easy night ahead of Sunday's Manchester derby.
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