Neil Lennon's perfect day

Neil Lennon was a happy man as Celtic edged to a point behind Rangers after the Christmas Eve fixtures.

On November 5 Celtic travelled to second placed Motherwell trailing Rangers by 15 points with speculation rife about Lennon’s future.

Eight SPL wins later and Celtic face Rangers with the chance to go to the top of the table for new year with the hoops boss delighted by his side’s progress.

“The day couldn’t have gone better for us,” Lennon said after his side’s 2-1 win over Kilmarnock. “A good performance, a good three points and we have closed the gap right up.

“There is a lot of football to go and regardless of who we’re playing on Wednesday that would be the most important game.

“Samaras didn’t start the game great but got better as the game went on. The first goal pleased me the most, I have been looking for him to score more headers because he has that good physical attribute in the air and the second goal was good finishing.

“And we should have won the game comfortably. I thought we were in complete control in the second-half without being brilliant, although Ki Sung-yueng missed a couple of chances that would have put the game out of sight.

Two goals from Georgios Samaras sealed Celtic’s win despite Danny Racchi’s late consolation for the visitors.

Wishing every Celtic fan a very Merry Christmas, last weekend Video Celts had it’s 2,000,000 visit of the year, here’s to plenty more and great times ahead

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