For a long time I hated Man City because while we suffered tremendously under FFP, they got away with blatant financial doping, despite it being laid bare in the football leaks from Rui Pinto in 2015.
Abu Dhabi funnelled money into the club through inflated sponsorship deals with shell companies owned by themselves. 101 stuff. This was a top-level, executive-level strategy, and they even had a name for this secret project to cheat FFP. They called it "Operation Longbow", referencing how the English (Man City) used a "secret weapon" (the longbow / financial doping) to beat the French (UEFA and Platini's FFP) in the Battle of Agincourt. The fucking nerve of these rats.
That said, my general disdain and lack of interest in the Premier League was such that after some time, I was able to look the other way on my dislike of Man City as I simply disliked other clubs more. For whatever reason I've always hated Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool to some extent, while Man City was just a drugged up club with oil money.
To be honest, I enjoyed watching the pompous Man Utd fans endure a post-Ferguson banter era as well as those unemployed AFTV trash ranting about their loser club. Felt good that no matter how much of a joke we were, Arsenal were even worse. To that effect, Man City was the team simply demolishing these two (and beating Liverpool to the title several times). They were the vehicle to my enjoyment of Man Utd and Arsenal fans misery.
Now though, hoping they get the comeuppance they deserve. Though I was able to conveniently shelve my disdain towards them for some time, the truth is what they did was fucking disgusting and they deserve to be relegated to League 2 for it. Would still make me sick to see Arsenal win the league though.