Scottish Premiership: Ronny Deila backs John Guidetti to find form after barren run
Monday 29 December 2014 11:00, UK
Celtic boss Ronny Deila says he will get back on the training pitch with John Guidetti after the striker drew another blank in the "frustrating" goalless draw against Ross County.
The Dutchman, on loan from Manchester City, has now gone five games without a goal having notched 11 in 10 games, but Deila has backed the 21-year-old to rediscover his form again soon.
"He is struggling at the moment, you can see that," said the Norwegian. "The only people who can do something about that is us so we have to work hard in training every day and see what we can do to get it going.
"We know that he can score goals, he has done it before. He hasn't become a bad player in a month. It is just small details that we are going to have to turn around.
"He will come back. My challenge, and his as well, will be to get that back as quickly as possible."
Celtic substitute Callum McGregor and Ross County's Filip Kiss both hit the woodwork but clear-cut chances, especially for the dominant home side, were few and far between.
"We had the ball for 90 minutes but we didn't manage to break them down," said Deila.
"We had so much possession we had to create more and that is what is disappointing today.
"We have opened a lot of teams and created a lot of chances but this time we didn't do it. That was most disappointing part."
County boss Jim McIntyre was thrilled to see his side gain a point having been beaten 5-0 at home by Celtic earlier in the season.
"I am delighted. The players carried out the game plan very well. The last time against Celtic we tried to have a go and took a hammering so that was in the mind-set today," he said.
"We had to be hard to beat and break down and they carried that our very well.
"I think it's important when you come to Parkhead that you grow into the game. At Dingwall we lost two goals in 12 minutes and Celtic have great quality so we were mindful of that fact.
"And the only result we could affect today was our own and we take the positives out of taking a point at Parkhead."
