On-loan Celtic defender Jason Denayer was thrilled to lift the first piece of silverware of his senior career - but admitted that the experience had left him greedy for more.

The teenager, currently on loan from Manchester City, did not put a foot wrong against Dundee United at Hampden as he enjoyed a comfortable afternoon against Jackie McNamara's side.

Denayer has made it clear his intention this summer is to return to England to try and force his way into the City set-up, but he would like to be doing that with a trio of Scottish domestic medals in his bag.

"It is the first cup final and first win of my career, so it was a very special day for me," said the 19-year-old Belgian. "We want to win the Treble, so it is a good start if we are trying to achieve that.

"I would love to finish this season with Celtic with three medals. I came here to play football every week and to learn. I think I have done that. I have learned so much from playing in the team.

"To get the chance to win a cup was very good for me. It is an exciting feeling and I would like now to win the league and the Scottish Cup."

McNamara felt Dundee United were wronged by referee Bobby Madden when the whistler waved play on after Hoops skipper Scott Brown appeared to barge Ryan Dow in the back when the score was still at 1-0.

Denayer, however, insisted that his skipper did little wrong. He said: "I did not think it was a penalty. He did not do anything wrong.

"We were the better team and deserved to win. We created a lot of chances and we defended very well."

Celtic now have another game against Dundee United on Wednesday night when they meet in the Scottish Cup replay. It is the third of four consecutive games against the Tannadice side and, because of that, Denayer insisted that last night's celebrations were always going to be a subdued affair.

The team headed back to Celtic Park to meet up with their friends and family, but Denayer was happy to quit while the night was young.

"It was not a night when we were celebrating so much because we know that we have another game on Wednesday," he said.

"It is a bit strange because we are playing them so many times now, but that is just football. We have to just think about our own game and concentrate on that.

"It can be hard because we are playing the same team so often, but you have to be prepared for that. All we can do is play our own game because if we do that then I think we have enough to break them down.

"We want to win the Scottish Cup as well and, if we want that, then we know we have to go out and play well again on Wednesday."

There has been a bit of needle between the two teams in both games over the last week.

Sean Dillon was red-carded for a late challenge on Emilio Izaguirre yesterday and will miss the midweek replay.

Paul Dixon is also suspended from the cup tie at Tannadice, but Denayer does not believe there is any bad blood between the teams.

"I don't think so, no," he said. "We want to win the game and they want to win the game. It does not mean anything. Hopefully we can come out on top again."

And Denayer was also pleased for manager Ronny Deila, who claimed his first trophy as Celtic boss.

"He has been a very good coach for me," he said. "I think I have improved and got better at Celtic. He has trusted me to play and I have learned so much from that."

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