Ronny Deila could make his way across the city to Ibrox to take in another Rangers game before the teams meet at Hampden next month in the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final.

The Celtic manager took in Friday's game as Falkirk beat the Ibrox side 3-2, but Deila had already left the ground by the time the hosts had hit their late winner.

The Hoops boss has been a visitor at Ibrox before when a blizzard called off a game between Rangers and Hearts after just 23 minutes last term.

“I don’t want to talk too much about Rangers because there is a lot of other football for us to play before then," said the Celtic manager. "That game will look after itself but before then we want to concentrate on the league and go into that tie in a good way.

“I might watch them again. There is nothing new in that. We watch teams all the time before we play them, so it is nothing out of the ordinary. I saw their game against Falkirk up until it was 2-2 so I got a good impression of the match but we will see what is going to happen over the next few weeks."

Meanwhile, Deila has described the win at Rugby Park on Saturday afternoon as one of the most vital results in his time at Celtic.

The Norwegian has been under intense pressure in the wake of poor European results and a lukewarm domestic campaign and had he left Rugby Park on the back of a 0-0 draw on Saturday it would have been to a cacophony of boos and calls for his head rather than a roar of endearment.

“It is probably one of the most important win I have had here,” said Deila. "I think we all knew just how big a win it was. It was so important for us.

“The performance was not good. I know that. But good or bad, you still need answers on the pitch and we got that on Saturday.

“It meant we got three points and that was so important.

“You always have hope. I am always looking for hope. I never give up. You always have that belief that someone can do something and we got that little moment of magic from Tom. It was a fantastic feeling.

"I enjoyed the celebrations. This is what football is about. When you have good moments, special moments, I think you have to stop and enjoy them. That is what we done on Saturday.

"But we hope that between now and the end of the season that there will be more of them to come.

"The break comes now and it is important for us to be able to go into that in a good frame of mind. It feels positive and that is important."