The impression I get, especially online, are that premier league fans are overjoyed at Arsenal losing out on the title again this year. As a neutral fan that only loosely keeps up with the premier league, why is this the case???
As I understand it, City have been the heavy favourites again but are heavily disliked. They're a club with many fans who bandwagon on their recent successes. Their rapid rise was even predicated on an authoritarian state taking ownership of the club, and then exploiting the lack of financial regulation in late 2000s football. So they're not exactly lovable.
I wanna know why a club like that, winning its 6th title in 7 years, is preferable over Arsenal winning their first in two decades? At least to me, their run is almost like a fairytale. It's a project coming to fruition, a club previously in meltdown being miraculously turned around by a former player turned manager. And for the 2nd year running, going toe-to-toe against one of greatest premier league sides ever assembled. That’s what football is about.
Arsenal seem like a young, likeable team and I expected public opinion to be on their side. All I see is ridicule, intense hatred and glee for falling just short. From the outside looking in, it feels so unwarranted.
By comparison, Klopp is a highly beloved figure for how he turned Liverpool around, yet Arteta's Arsenal seems to get very little love from the wider premier league audience. I'd love some insight. Is their football just that boring? Is it arrogance from the fans?