Gordon Strachan has said that Celtic manager Ronny Deila must ignore negative comments from the media.

The Bhoys have moved seven points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, but reports have emerged that Deila could be sacked after the team lost to Molde last week.

"When I was Celtic manager, I used to wake up every day and wonder what was coming my way," Strachan told Sky Sports News. "But that's what you have to deal with, not only at Celtic, but you feel the pressure and you feel lonely.

"But sometimes you have to take a deep breath. You have to have good counsel and the best way to deal with it, trust me, is to not listen to anything and not read anything. He has to just deal with reality and the reality is that they're top of the league, they're still in the Europa League.

"Everybody has to have an opinion and there are other people who want to be the manager or want to be pundits and that's fine. But the only opinions you've got to deal with are the ones you respect. There are ones that might annoy you but you have to ignore them."

Celtic welcome Molde to Parkhead on Thursday.