Relieved Ronny Deila hails his battling Celtic

Qarabag 0 Celtic 0 (Celtic win 1-0 on aggregate): Ronny Deila praised the battling qualities of his Celtic side after they won through to the Champions League play off with a 1-0 aggregate win over Qarabag in Baku.

The Parkhead men led from the first leg of the third round qualifier through a Dedryck Boyata goal and more than held their own in the return game at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, despite surrendering possession for large spells and seeing out five nervy minutes of added time.

Afterwards the Norwegian boss, who passed up two chances to get into European football’s elite club competition last season after taking over from Neil Lennon, said: “I’m very, very happy.