Deila Wants More In Attack

Photo by Jeff Holmes Celtic manager Ronny Deila has urged his players to take their league form into the European scene. Celtic top Europa League Group D with four points from two games and will remain firmly in the driving seat if they come out on top in an upcoming double header with Romanians Astra Giurgiu. Deila's men are fifth in the Scottish Premiership but the Norwegian wants them to use Saturday's 5-0 win over Ross County as the blueprint for the attacking game he seeks. Celtic's win in the Europa League owed much to the goalkeeping of Craig Gordon and a strong defensive display as they beat Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 at Parkhead. And Deila wants a more offensive display against the Romanians at Celtic Par on Thursday night. "I hope we can see much more, but I think we have proved we have a very good spirit in all the games in Europe," he said. "We work hard and defend quite well. I think we can create more but in the last two weeks we have started to do that in Scotland and I hope we can do that in the Europa League. "Scoring five goals at the weekend was very good and I think we could have maybe scored more goals if needed. Scoring four goals in half an hour was quality." Astra, who appointed former USSR striker Oleg Protasov as manager earlier this month, suffered a 5-1 defeat by Dinamo Zagreb in their opening game but only lost 2-1 against Salzburg and Deila has warned they will be dangerous. The Norwegian added: "It's a very important match and if we can win we put ourselves in a very good position. If we can win two games against them then that will be fantastic, but they are a very good team. "The Europa League is a high level. They haven't started so well as they wanted to do but we know what Astra are capable of. If they are playing in the Scottish league, they will be top and that's the level we are going to meet. But I also know if we are at our best we have a very good chance to win. "We have watched their games and the last game was better than the first. Every team has some games where they are not at the level they want to be, but against Salzburg it was quite even. "Salzburg are a good team so that proves they can make a lot of trouble for the other teams in the group."