The 2-1 win over Alaves wasn't enough to impress the gaffer ahead of a trip to Celtic Park

Irked Celta Vigo boss Claudio Giraldez has called out his players for "absurd" mistakes - despite their win over Alaves lifting them up the La Liga table.

Ferran Jutgla gave the hosts the lead before and Javi Rodriguez added to the advantage. Hugo Novoa pulled one back for for the visitors to Vigo late on - but Celta managed to survive and secure just their second win in all competitions this term.

They club now sit in eighth spot in the table, but unimpressed Giraldez refused to let his players off for the performance levels ahead of Thursday's clash with Celtic.

The Spanish side travel to Glasgow's east end to face the Scottish Premiership champions while searching for their first Europa League point. They fell to a 1-0 loss to Cypriot club Omonia before Juventus left Vigo with a 2-1 win earlier this week.

The gaffer told the Spanish press: "I’m happy with the result. The first half was very lacking in energy, with a very poor understanding of the game. In the second half, in terms of attitude, effort, jumping, and being more aggressive, we improved.

"The change of system at half-time allowed Javi Rodríguez and Carreira to cause them a lot of problems.

"We were lucky to be accurate in those moments, and when we had the game in our favour, but we made many absurd decisions.

"We many silly turnovers. We simply had to keep possession without turning the ball. When we did turn the ball, we had plenty of time.

"I'm not happy with the match. I think right now we need to start picking up points. We're finding it very difficult to win.

"This is what we have to understand: we all have to work together at maximum intensity to get a victory, because they're very hard to come by. I'm very happy to see us seventh in the standings, a little more comfortable.

"There was a sense of heart and maturity that we showed today. We survived and we leave with the satisfaction that the team is capable of overcoming obstacles.”

Celtic are also searching for their first league phase point, having been seen off by Ferencvaros and Benfica in their two outings so far.

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