Monday 27 October 2014 09:55, UK
Celtic boss Ronny Deila was satisfied with his team’s third win in eight days following the 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership.
Although Deila conceded Celtic had benefitted from Manuel Pascali’s dismissal after 34 minutes, the Norwegian was pleased with a solid defensive display and the developing partnership between goal scorers John Guidetti and Stefan Scepovic.
And the Hoops coach is hopeful his side will continue their winning run in Wednesday’s Glasgow derby against Partick Thistle in the Scottish League Cup.
Deila said: "The first 20 minutes was played out in the midfield, then we got more control of the game and the red card changed the whole match.
"From there, we controlled it and did well. The positives are strikers scoring and I don't think Kilmarnock really had a chance.
"Guidetti and Scepovic showed they can play together and we have to get them more matches. They are both dangerous. We are going to get a lot of goals from those two at Celtic.
"Wednesday is another important match and we look forward to it."
Killie boss Allan Johnston revealed that Pascali felt "devastated" by his sending-off, but he had no complaints over the decision of referee Willie Collum to do so.
Johnston said: "We started well, looked dangerous and created a few chances. The sending-off changed the game.
"I've not seen the video but it looked like a sending-off. Pascali switched off for a second. He was gutted to have done that in such a big game.
"He feels he has let the players down but he has been brilliant for us this season.
"We had to change the game plan. We came here to play, you could see that in the first 35 minutes, but in the second half it was two banks of four and trying to hit them on the counter-attack.
"It was always going to be difficult but they did great."
