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Celtic boss Ronny Deila wants treble after winning Scottish League Cup

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Ronny Deila says he hopes the League Cup will be the first of many trophies he wins with Celtic.

Ronny Deila declared his sights were firmly fixed on a domestic treble following Celtic's 2-0 League Cup final victory over Dundee United.

Goals from Kris Commons and James Forrest gave the Norwegian boss his first trophy since taking over from Neil Lennon in June.

The Scottish Premiership leaders take on United in their William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final replay at Celtic Park on Wednesday night and then again in Glasgow in the league at the weekend, and Deila will turn his attention to those two competitions after celebrating the cup victory.

The Celtic manager said: " We have talked about this (treble) many times. It is a dream.

"It is so tough to do it but it is possible. The dream is still alive and I am happy.

"Now we have one trophy and on Wednesday we have to be back again to make another cup, so it is going quick in this job.

It is a great feeling. It is good to get a good start when you are a manager at a big club like Celtic.
Ronny Deila

"It is a great feeling. It is good to get a good start when you are a manager at a big club like Celtic.

"This was the first trophy we could win and we did it. You get the appetite and you want more.

"I am proud of the boys. I think we did a professional job so we should really enjoy this moment."

However, Deila was less pleased with substitute John Guidetti after the Swede's introduction for Leigh Griffiths with 21 minutes to go.

The on-loan Manchester City forward wrestled for the ball with Forrest after the winger had won an 85th minute penalty.

Ronny Deila holds the Scottish League Cup for Celtic
Image: Ronny Deila holds the Scottish League Cup for Celtic

Forrest missed the spot-kick to put even more daylight between the sides, after United skipper Sean Dillon's 56th-minute dismissal for a reckless foul on Emilio Izaguirre had reduced the Tangerines to 10 men.

Deila said: "Both of the players who would have taken the penalty were off, Leigh and Kris. It looks like it was first to the ball.

"I don't like that they argued about that. It was stupid. It is not the team spirit I want. We have to learn from the situation.

"There are a lot of emotions in this situation: strikers, especially, want to score goals but again we have to put the team in front of ourselves.

"This is not the team spirit. This is individual thinking and I don't want to have that."

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