The Spanish giants failed to tempt Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira to the Bernabeu during the summer.
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It was, of course, with that purpose in mind that Mancini acquired Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan.
The young Spaniard then almost got on to the end of Patrick Vieira's inswinging cross from the right.
Thierry Henry, Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira all represented Arsenal in the Uefa Cup final and came through unscathed.
With 13 minutes left, Patrick Vieira fouled Kevin Phillips and Gardner fired in to snatch a draw for the strugglers.
For the last couple of summers at Highbury, everyone has been talking about whether Patrick Vieira would stay or go.
Shaun Wright-Phillips doubled the first-leg advantage with a low finish from eight yards after he was put through by Patrick Vieira.
He added a second after the break when he tapped in Patrick Vieira's mis-hit shot which had fallen at his feet.
By the 1998 tournament, veteran stars had given way to a new generation, led by Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira.
Patrick Vieira tapped in to level as City piled on the pressure.
"I like it, " said Patrick Vieira, the former French international whose side lost the 2006 World Cup final to Italy on penalty kicks.
Henry joins Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira and Didier Deschamps as the French players to have played 100 internationals or more.
Both managers then made changes, with Ferguson sending on Nani for Darron Gibson and the Scot's counterpart Roberto Mancini replacing the subdued Adam Johnson with Patrick Vieira.
It's the equivalent of Arsenal losing Thierry Henry or Patrick Vieira.
France lost key midfielder Patrick Vieira to a hamstring strain midway through the second half but maintained the pressure amid the tiredness as the error count rose.
That group included Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry and Gilberto Silva.
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However, Domenech did receive a boost earlier in the day when captain Patrick Vieira was declared fit to remain with the squad after recovering from a left thigh injury.
Look back through the years and you'll find folks like Mathieu Flamini and Gilberto Silva (2008), Thierry Henry (2007), Ashley Cole (2006), Patrick Vieira (2005) and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst (2004).
Former Arsenal and France captain Patrick Vieira was also at the U.N. conference in Geneva, Switzerland, and he told FIFA's official website the fight was moving in the right direction.
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Once regarded as his hero Thierry Henry's natural successor in the France team, Bellion followed Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira out of Cannes' successful academy and seemed destined for the very top.
Italy were temporarily shaken but equalized after 19 minutes when Materazzi atoned for his earlier slackness by rising high above Patrick Vieira to head home an Andrea Pirlo corner from the right.
Mancini lost his cool on several occasions in the closing stages, undoubtedly angry at his team's failure to cash in on their previous superiority which brought missed chances from Patrick Vieira and Edin Dzeko.
Arsenal suffered a setback three minutes later when Patrick Vieira, who was wearing a strapping on his knee and had been the victim of a heavy challenge from Michael Brown, limped off to be replaced by Gilberto Silva.
This is the first time that Blatter has publicly suggested a points deduction for clubs whose fans are racially abusive -- a stance which is backed by many figures within the game, including former Arsenal stars Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell.
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