Ambrose lost focus against Fenerbahce, says Celtic boss

Celtic manager, Ronny Deila, has blamed a lack of concentration from defender Efe Ambrose for the 2-2 Europa League draw with Fenerbahce.

Ambrose, who was recently recalled to the Super Eagles of Nigeria by coach Sunday Oliseh, was at fault for the first of Fernandao’s two goals.

The brace brought the Turkish side level in Glasgow after goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons had put the hosts ahead.

Celtic now have two points from two games in Group A, but Deila bemoaned the lack of concentration by the Nigerian.

“If you see the overall performance when you are defending you need to keep concentration for 90 minutes,” he said.

“That’s the biggest challenge Efe has. He plays in 88 minutes very good, but he has, sometimes, some easy mistakes and today was one of them.

“We played well in the first half. We get 2-0 up and it was important to keep that lead into the break and I thought we would have a very good chance in the second half.

“Then we conceded an easy goal. Of course, that gave them energy and put us a little bit on the back foot.

“They didn’t create a lot, they created some crosses and they get a goal from the set play. Again, that’s, of course disappointing that they score on almost the two chances that they had.

“I’m a wee bit disappointed that we didn’t win, but I’m happy that we get the point and the group is still very open.

“It’s a very good result. The group is in our hands still. We can do it so there are a lot of possibilities.”

Ajax and Celtic both have two points – one more than Fenerbahce – and Molde have four.

The Norwegian side will host Celtic on October 22 and then visit Glasgow on November 5.