And the veteran midfielder is certain Mancini will bring success to Eastlands - providing he is given time, like his old Arsenal mentor Arsene Wenger, to build a winning team. Three straight defeats have heaped pressure on the Italian boss, with City's mega-rich owners expecting an instant return following their huge outlay on transfer fees and player wages. But Vieira, who won two consecutive Serie A titles under Mancini at Inter Milan, reckons talk of panic setting in at fourth placed City is ludicrous. Vieira, talking to the Sunday Mirror, said: "Roberto Mancini is a winner. "Maybe some people in England don't understand that yet, but he is a winner. "He was a winner as a player and he has exactly the same attitude as a manager - he wants to be the best there is. "Mancini demands that his players meet the same standards that he demands of himself. "If they don't then he will be unhappy and they will know about it. "Do you think that Ferguson, Wenger or Mourinho walk around smiling when things are tough? "He is not a man who will give up. Quitting is not in his character and to suggest that he is under pressure with his team fourth in the Premier League is crazy." Experienced campaigner Vieira, who has lifted the World Cup and a host of domestic honours in a stellar career, is undoubtedly qualified to make a judgment on the best way to achieve long-lasting success. And he is adamant Mancini should be given plenty of time to mould City into one of the Premier League's superforces. Vieira said: "It is not my place to tell the owners of the club what to do, but as a player I am qualified to comment on how I see things on the pitch. "I played under a great manager at Arsenal in Arsene Wenger and it is clear that the reason he has had so much success there is because he has been allowed the time to build the team he wants. "It is the same with Ferguson at United. "It is no accident that those two men have been successful because they have both been given time. "Even Chelsea under Mourinho and now Ancelotti have achieved the kind of stability every club needs to be successful. "There is so much pressure on the manager here because of the money that has been spent and of course, he will be judged by results on the pitch. "But three months into a manager's first full season in England is no time for alarm bells to ring."
