Monday 8 February 2016 10:06, UK
Ronny Deila was relieved as Celtic reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, after seeing off non-league opposition in the shape of East Kilbride.
Goals by Leigh Griffiths and debutant Colin Kazim-Richards earned the Hoops a 2-0 win against the Lowland League side who chose to host the match at Airdrie's Excelsior stadium.
Asked if he was happy with the win, the Norwegian said: "Yes, of course I was. I think it would have been very hard had we lost today, I admit that. So it was a crucial victory.
"You never know in football but that would have been the biggest surprise in a lot of years but it didn't happen and I am very happy for that.
"But I was quite comfortable during the 90 minutes and I will give a lot of credit to East Kilbride, they fought really hard and tried to play football as well, so that was a positive.
"I thought we controlled the game pretty well and we could have created more.
"I didn't think we were accurate enough and I think the surface was a little bit difficult. We could have played better but we went through and that is the most important thing.
I didn't think we were accurate enough and I think the surface was a little bit difficult.
"We wanted to score more goals and we had our chances but nobody will remember that if we win the cup."
His opposite number at East Kilbride, Billy Ogilvie, added: "It was probably the proudest moment I have ever had in football.
"It is pretty difficult to put into words. I am so proud of them but I think I am even beyond that. To an absolute man they worked ever so hard and they kept their discipline, it was phenomenal.
"When you make Celtic score their goals from set-pieces, you must be doing something correct in open play and that is how well we did today in open play.
"We closed Celtic down and made them work hard."
You can see the Scottish Cup quarter-final draw live on Sky Sports News HQ with former Celtic midfielder Lubo Moravcik on Monday, February 8 at 6.30pm
