Roberto Mancini insists he won't quit Manchester City

05 November 2010 09:40
Roberto Mancini has vowed he will not quit Manchester City, telling the mega-rich club's owners that they will have to sack him if they want rid of him.[LNB]The Italian saw his under-performing City stars suffer their third defeat on the bounce on Thursday night, falling 3-1 to Polish outfit Lech Poznan in the Europa League.[LNB]The disappointing loss followed league defeats to Arsenal and Wolves coinciding with reports of unrest between the players and the under-fire manager.[LNB] Time running out: RobertoMancini looks on as his City side slump to their third consecutive defeat, losing to Lech Poznan[LNB]Yet Mancini, whose future looks increasingly uncertain, insisted he has a good relationship with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and won't be walking out as he approaches a year into the job.[LNB]The Italian, who succeeded sacked Mark Hughes as boss last December, said: 'For me it is totally clear, I will stay at City until they fire me.[LNB]'I've seen the owner Sheikh Mansour two or three times and we have a good relationship.[LNB]'I also have very frequent contact with the president, Khaldoon Al Mubarak.[LNB]'We speak three or four times a week and he often comes to training.'[LNB] Falling down: There are reports of unrest in City's mega-rich squad as they struggled yet again[LNB]Mancini has spent over £200million reshaping City's squad incredibly without any reward so far and knows he must lead them to victory at West Bromwich Albion this weekend followed by a potentially make-or-break crunch Manchester derby next week.[LNB]He said: 'At the moment everything is against us, we are very unlucky,[LNB]'I'm disappointed because we didn't deserve to lose this game. Weplayed a good game and we had a lot of chances to win but we mustcontinue to work.[LNB]'We lost the last three games but that is football, sometimes you play well, you deserve to score but you don't.'[LNB]  Roberto Mancini defiant despite third straight loss for Manchester CityManchester City Match Zone: Roberto Mancini's men must be United after third straight defeatLech Poznan 3 Man City 1: Mancini woe as late goals punish wayward sideMANCHESTER CITY FC

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