Every one's scared of ManU

Mancini claimed that the only reason ManU are top of the table is because everyone is scared of them. Which is stupid logic because if fear played a factor I'm pretty sure Stoke would be top of the table.
Anyway, obviously Alex Ferguson disagrees and I'm surprised. Honestly the only reason I'm covering this is that I should be revising. Then he said that Manicini was "maybe looking for a bit of self-sympathy". And waved his hand in front of his face shouting YOU CAN'T SEE ME!! and then he beat the Rock at Wrestlemania and I went nuts. 

Anyway there's a rumour that Ferguson is a hypocrite, I don't believe it. What's hypercritical about Ferguson in this? It's not like in 1996, Ferguson suggested other teams might not try as hard against title rivals Newcastle as against his side.Right?