Liverpool Voted The Most Hated Club In The Premier League

Liverpool have been voted as the most hated club in the Premier League.

Earlier this month, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made the astonishing claim that everyone in the country is rooting for Liverpool to win the Premier League title this season.

"Everyone in this country supports Liverpool, the media and everyone," said Guardiola, after his side's 5-0 win over Newcastle.

He was later given surprising support by Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel.

"I can understand why he [Guardiola] has that feeling. In general I would say it is hard to really argue with it," said Tuchel, ahead of Chelsea's FA Cup final defeat to Liverpool.

"I did not say I agree 100 per cent but I can see. There is a huge sympathy for Liverpool in the country."

However, a poll conducted by SPORTbible has found that couldn't be further from the truth.

SPORTbible readers voted Liverpool as the most hated club in the Premier League over Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Out of 28,602 votes, 41.6 per cent of readers voted Liverpool as their most hated club out of the four.

United were the next highest with 35.1 percent, with Chelsea third on 14.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, just nine per cent of readers voted Arsenal as their most hated club.

In the replies to the poll, Leeds United and Tottenham were also mentioned frequently by fans of rival teams.

Liverpool supporters are unlikely to be too bothered about their lack of popularity with other fans.

They've already seen their side win both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season, with more silverware a possibility before the end of the campaign.

Jurgen Klopp's side are four points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City with two games remaining in their season, having played a game less than Pep Guardiola's side.

The Reds also have the Champions League final against Real Madrid to look forward to on May 28 and you suspect Liverpool might become even more unpopular with rival fans if they win their seventh European Cup in Paris.