Celtic boss Neil Lennon gave his only post match interview to ESPN after his side’s 2-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.
After watching his side overcome losing yet another early goal from a set-piece goals from Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper earned the visitors all three points.
Joe Ledley and Ki Sung Yeung were added to the lengthy injury list consisting of Emilio Izaguirre, Charlie Mulgrew, Kelvin Wilson, Mark Wilson, Scott Brown and Mohamed Bangura.
The vultures were circling waiting on another falter in Celtic’s stuttering title campaign with all eyes and cameras on the man in the Celtic dug out.
After watching blundering Charlie Richmond turn in a blind eye to the brutality of Keith Lasley and Steve Jennings the patience of the Celtic boss must have been solely tested.
Substitutions are often the barometer of how a manager is performing with Paddy McCourt and Hooper combining with Stokes to provide Celtic with the winning goal.
“That’s what they are paid for,” Lennon told ESPN after being asked about his strikers contribution. “All that we are looking for is consistency from them because we know that they’ve got it. They’ve got talent in abundance.
“They are young men and sometimes lose concentration in games- we can’t afford that any more.
“To come here and win with all the pressure on, with everyone expecting Motherwell to win is testement to our players. They have great belief and charcacter, I’ve never questioned it it’s just more consistency that we are looking for.”
Lennon added: “I said to the players at half time that they had a big 45 minutes coming up. We missed some good chances but a great goal and the substitutes made a difference.
“People take it for granted what Paddy does but we don’t. It was a magnificent piece of skill and Gary scored the type of goal that we’ve been dieing for him to score- a yard out.
“The strikers scored again and the two centre halves were brilliant. We were on the back of a really physical game on Thursday and to come here and win speaks volumes for the players.”
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Although there were scary moments at times but yet again the whole team dug deep and scraped another great win which is all we ask for at this time then the style and goals will return it’s all about regaining confidence and grinding out results just now
And yes the back four or six are really starting to click even Big Dan who seems to be throwing himself at everything
The Rennes game showed clearly how to score in modern football- GET THE BALL FORWARD QUICKLY !!
Unless you’re Barca with their exceptional technical ability and passing accuracy,the slow build-up allows the opposition to get 10 men behind the ball and that makes it very difficult.
The ref at Murderwell yesterday was the utterly predictable MIB-a total and utter disgrace,but well done to the guys,the tremendous discipline of the players and the Derry Pele for that “bit of extra”.
I am frankly pleasantly surprised by Rennes and McCall’s Thugs being on the receiving end-long may it continue !