Giorgos Giakoumakis warns Celtic are not yet champions in waiting as he insists 'we need to win every game'

Giorgos Giakoumakis rubbished accusations he was being disrespectful after his Celtic title boast - and insists he was only saying what he believes.

The Greek hitman claimed the Hoops were “better in every single part of the team” than their Premiership rivals and that he believed they would win the league after his hat-trick helped down Dundee 3-2 back in February.

That came three weeks after Celtic thrashed Rangers 3-0 at Parkhead and provoked an angry response from Gers midfielder Ryan Jack who branded the comments “disrespectful” ahead of last week’s return in Govan.

The Hoops also won that encounter to stretch their lead at the top to six points with six games remaining.

But Giakoumakis insists there’s still work to be done before the champagne can be popped at Parkhead.

The striker - who was named Premiership player of the month on Thursday - said: “I didn’t make these comments to make anyone angry or feel disrespected by me. I said what I was believing for my team.

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“I believe this time we played better as a team, that’s the only thing I said but I can say also now that we played very good football and I believe in my team.

“Every single footballer can say his team is the best. I don’t