Deila lauds side after title win

Celtic manager Ronny Deila hailed his players’ efforts after they secured a fifth successive league title against Aberdeen.

Deila’s side survived a second half fightback from the Dons to win 3-2 at Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon.

Celtic needed just a point to secure their 47th league title and instead took all three thanks to a first half Patrick Roberts brace and a second half Mikael Lustig strike.

And, despite conceding second half goals to Niall McGinn and Andy Considine after the break, Deila, who will leave the club at the end of the season, was pleased with the performance of his young side.

“It’s a great day,” Deila said. “The most important thing is to be the champion of Scotland. It’s our fifth in a row and it’s a fantastic achievement, hopefully we’re going to get many more in the future.”

“Yeah I was [nervous]. I find it hard to understand how it happened. We were 3-0 up and should have gone for four or five but we got nervous at 3-1 and in the end it was too shaky.

“But we got the three points and we’re 12 points clear so that the positive …

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