Monday night’s defeat at the hands of City has produced a run-in of the final two games with the side’s separated by goal difference only, and although he would not mind winning the title in such a way, goal difference is by far the worst way Fergie would like to lose a title race.
Neville told Sky Sports: "I know - I've been in that changing room for 20 years - it's his worst nightmare.
"Losing a championship on goal difference is what he always talks about, every single season.
"In January, in February, in March, whatever month it is going for a championship, he will say if you're 1-0, 2-0 up, 'score three, score four'.
"You never know whether it's going to get to goal difference.
"And you look at games like Fulham at home 1-0, QPR at home 2-0, and it's these sort of things you look back at during a season an think, 'we could we have done more'.
"It is his worst nightmare."