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Tierney and Simunovic start against Molde

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Kieran Tierney keeps his place in the Celtic side to face Molde tonight.

The teenage left-back started against Dundee United and Aberdeen and keeps his place for the Europe League tie that Celtic must win.

Despite being an injury doubt yesterday Jozo Simunovic also starts the match partnering Dedryck Boyata in defence.

Looking ahead to the match Ronny Deila said: “We deserved more against Fenerbahce and I think we played well down in Ajax, where we had control until we got a man sent off.

“The performance in Molde was way under our level and that is the most disappointing thing.

“We should have had more out of the other two matches but we need to perform at that level if we are going to beat Molde.

“It (qualification) could happen with a draw as well but it puts us in a much better position if we win.”

Assessing his players mood going into the match Deila added: “They know what they are playing for. They know what we want.

“Every game is like this. We have lost three out of 25 or something so far this season and the players know how to react to these things.

“We need to put in a good performance. We need to be very clear in how we want to attack and want to defend and then we know that we have the skills to win the game. I expect the same as it was in Norway.

“They are a very hard-working team, a team which has played together for a long time with a consistency in culture and style of play.

“They will try to hurt us on the break and defend very deep and compact. Every time we play there is a feeling of ‘we have to win’ and that is great.”

CELTIC: Gordon; Lustig, Boyata, Simunovic, Tierney; Bitton, Johansen; Commons, Rogic, Armstrong; Griffiths

SUBS: Bailly, Ambrose, Forrest, Ciftci, Blackett, Mackay-Steven, Izaguirre

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