RONNY DEILA last night admitted he believed his side’s Europa League group would not be decided until the very last round of games - and then gave his players the target of taking six points from Molde.

The Celtic boss was a mixture of frustration and pride after his side’s 2-2 draw with Fenerbahce, the club the Parkhead side face in the final match in Group A, which takes place in Istanbul.

Deila and his team now face back-to-back games with Norwegian champions Molde, who top the group with four points, and he felt his men were capable of winning both fixtures and that would all-but guarantee qualification into the knock-out stages next year.

Deila said: “The group is very tight and I can see this going to the last games after the results we’ve had so far.

"We shall see what happens but it does look as if it's going to be really close.

“But what I will say is that I will tell the players that they can win both games against Molde. I believe that.

"If we can get six points then we will be in a very good position. That is what we are aiming for."

As for last night's, Deila viewed it as an opportunity missed given that his team were 2-0 up before conceding on the brink of half-tome.

He said: "We played well in the first-half, got 2-0 in front and it was important to keep the lead into the break. But we conceded an easy goal, this gave them energy and they then put us on the back foot.

“They then had a good 15 minutes. They did not create a lot, but had a lot of crosses and got their second goal from a set-play. But then we finished the game quite well without creating a lot.

“I am disappointed not to win, but we got a point and the group is still very open."

Inevitably, the performance of Efe Ambrose was an issue. The defender gifted Fenerbahce a goal before half-time when Celtic were leading 2-0 and then was partly at fault for the equaliser.

Asked about Ambrose, Deila said: “I think he, if you look at the overall game, performed well, but as a defender you need to concentrate for 90 minutes and that is the biggest challenge Efe has.

“He can play well for 88 minutes, but then sometimes he makes an easy mistake like he did tonight. As a defender you must have concentration for 90 minutes.”

Celtic this season have fallen into a bad habit of going ahead in games, against Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Malmo, Ajax and now last night, and then allowing the opposition into the match.

Deila admitted: “Of course that is a concern. We have good control in the first-half, but you can’t do much in coaching when it comes to individual mistakes.

“In the second-half we sat too deep, but then we made some changes and kept the ball more.

“We need to believe in ourselves more. When we dare to play football, we can be a good team. We have to do more than that.

“We need to keep the ball more. We did this in the first-half and then after a while we had some good passing and crossing. As I said, the group is very open and it is in our hands – and we can do it.”

Deila was right to take positives from the game because his side for 70 minutes better than Fenerbahce and if Ambrose has not had one of those nights, which he is liable to do, then Celtic would have won.

He said: “There were a lot of things that made me happy. Kieran Tierney was very good, Scott Brown had a fantastic game, he worked really hard and kept the team together.

“James Forrest’s work-rate was superb. What a difference in him from a year ago.

“What I want to see is us being braver on the ball. That is the key for the future. It was a great night in many ways, but of course we are disappointed not to win.”