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Celtic must be ruthless in Amsterdam
Torrid few weeks leave manager Deila and Celtic struggling

by Andy Muirhead

IT HAS been a bad couple of weeks for manager Ronny Deila and Celtic, knocked out of the Champions League by Swedish champions Malmo and then defeated by their so-called title rivals Aberdeen on Saturday — the trip to Ajax couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Scottish champions.

Tonight’s game against Ajax is a massive test for Celtic and Deila, with one paper even idiotically claiming that the manager is set for the chop if he fails to reach the knock-out stages of the competition.

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