The Italian's job is on a knife-edge after City slumped at
Polish minnows Lech Poznan in the Europa League.
Last night's humiliating loss was their third in a row and there
have been a series of dressing-room bust-ups.
But Mancini, who has blown £300million on building a superstar
line-up, refuses to quit - saying: "For me it is totally clear, I
will stay at City until they fire me.
"I've seen the owner Sheikh Mansour two or three times and we
have a good relationship.
"I also have very frequent contact with the president, Khaldoon
Al Mubarak.
"We speak three or four times a week and he often comes to
training."
City are fourth in the Premier League despite their mega-bucks
outlay on new players.
But Mancini insists he will eventually get it right - if he is
given time.
He told French magazine So Foot: "As a coach I've taken teams
that weren't winning such as Fiorentina, Lazio and Inter and I've
won."
Mancini now faces crunch games against West Brom on Sunday and
bitter rivals Manchester United next Wednesday.
His side were sunk by two late Poznan goals in their Group A
clash.
And he groaned: "We didn't deserve to lose. Everything is
against us and Poznan were lucky.
"To say the team are against me is all rubbish.
"There were some hard discussions with some players but the team
follows me.
"The club have asked me to qualify for next season's Champions
League and we are going well for that.
"We must change this situation. It's difficult but we must pay
more attention in the way we play.
"We can only change things if we stay together.
"We have lost the last three games but, here, we didn't deserve
to lose. That's football."
There was some good news for Mancini as skipper Carlos Tevez
flew back from Argentina to Manchester after his thigh injury and
trained at Carrington yesterday.