Deila’s reign ends in 7-0 romp

Champions Celtic cruised to a 7-0 victory at home to lack-lustre Motherwell on Sunday, as Ronny Deila ended his two-year reign as Hoops manager in style.

And the margin would have been even wider, had it not been for some decent saves by visiting keeper Connor Ripley, on a day when Celtic were presented with the Scottish Premiership trophy for a fifth straight year.

By the time Celtic opened the scoring in the 21st minute, they should have already been two or three goals to the good.

Tom Rogic missed a brace of early chances, while Ripley did well to deny both Ryan Christie and Rogic who once again came close to finding the back of the net.

The breakthrough finally arrived in the 21st minute when Ripley was powerless to deny Kieran Tierney from locating the bottom left-hand corner from 12 yards, after sprinting into the box.

And the second goal arrived a few minutes later when …

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