'Off you pop!' Liverpool legend takes extraordinary swipe at Cardiff City fans after Anfield clash

Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge has taken aim at Cardiff City fans following the FA Cup clash at Anfield on Sunday.

The 8,000-strong Bluebirds were loud from minute one up at Anfield, which came across clearly in the game's television coverage.

Indeed, in his pre-Peterborough United press conference, manager Steve Morison urged fans to give his side that sort of backing when Posh come to town on Wednesday night.

Despite a commanding performance from the English giants and a 3-1 defeat, Cardiff fans certainly enjoyed their trip up to Merseyside and backed their team throughout.

However, former Reds and Republic of Ireland forward Aldridge, who began his career with Newport, has bizarrely said he was unimpressed by the travelling Welsh contingent at the weekend.

"Cardiff brought about 8,000 fans to Anfield. They got a lucky draw. They enjoyed the day out but their fans didn’t impress me," Aldridge wrote in his Liverpool Echo column.

"The likes of Shrewsbury, Leicester, and now Cardiff - some of the things that we had to endure - they don’t sing about their own team half of the time.

"But they’ve had a day out, had a bit of a jolly and got a goal. I thought they’d won the whole game the way they celebrated it.

"I’ve noticed that the away fans this season seem to have gone a lot more volatile.

"You used to get an atmosphere like that in the old days of the Kop when it was all standing.

"But all of a sudden the away fans are coming and standing and they’re definitely more volatile than they were before.

"In any case, we got the result and their goal didn’t matter because it was a cup game.

"The Cardiff fans have had a good day out in one of the best stadiums in the world. They’ve made a few bob for the club, now off