Sunday 8 May 2016 16:55, UK
Celtic manager Ronny Deila hailed his players' efforts after they secured a fifth successive league title against Aberdeen.
Deila's side survived a second half fightback from the Dons to win 3-2 at Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon.
Celtic needed just a point to secure their 47th league title and instead took all three thanks to a first half Patrick Roberts brace and a second half Mikael Lustig strike.
And, despite conceding second half goals to Niall McGinn and Andy Considine after the break, Deila, who will leave the club at the end of the season, was pleased with the performance of his young side.
"It's a great day," Deila said. "The most important thing is to be the champion of Scotland. It's our fifth in a row and it's a fantastic achievement, hopefully we're going to get many more in the future."
"Yeah I was [nervous]. I find it hard to understand how it happened. We were 3-0 up and should have gone for four or five but we got nervous at 3-1 and in the end it was too shaky.
"But we got the three points and we're 12 points clear so that the positive things."
Celtic are now an unassailable 12 points ahead of Derek McInnes' side at the top of the Premiership table. However, Deila was quick to acknowledge the title challenge that the Dons had provided over the course of the season.
"I think Aberdeen should have credit for what they've done," Deila added. "Celtic is an unbelievably big club with a lot of money and things like that.
"But at the same time you've got to go and do it. You've seen down in England it's not that easy to go out and do it so it's important to enjoy it when you win something, and I'm enjoying it."
Despite securing his second consecutive title at Celtic Park, Deila will leave the club at the end of the season after failing to guide the team to European success during his two-year spell as manager.
The 40 year-old Norwegian refused to compare his current squad to the one he inherited from Neil Lennon, but he beleives the future is bright for many of Celtic's young players.
"It's very difficult to compare but I can say there's a lot of young talent here," Deila said. "There is a bright future for a lot of the boys.
"They've been given a lot of experience in my two years here. You can see that they need to be mentally tougher, stronger.
"When things are going a little bit against you, like today, they sometimes go into their shells. That is not positive, we need to get out of that and get the best qualities like we did in the first half."
Deila will now take his side to St Johnstone on Wednesday evening before taking charge of his final home game against Motherwell on May 15.
The former Strømsgodset manager thanked the club for his time at the helm following the final whistle on Sunday and reiterated his desire to manage at the top level of European football.
"I want to work at this level. I don't think I'll feel it the same way as I do now because I've done it for two years but it has been an unbelievable experience," Deila said.
"It's tough but fun and helped me develop as a person and as a manager. I'm looking forward to the future."
