Lennon's salute to captain Brown
The hoops captain has had to follow his own training plan and has been used sparingly due to a hip injury.
Despite a shortage of game time Broony put in an outstanding shift alongside Victor Wanyama to ensure a point against the Portuguese side.
Asked about his skipper Lennnon said: “He gives the team real drive. There were moments in the second half when he saw the danger and covered the ground and made tremendous tackles and nipped counter-attacks in the bud very quickly and he is improving all the time.
“He has matured a lot and has blossomed into the captain that he is. He has played at this level before, there were 10 who haven’t, and he sets an example.
“He recovered very well from the game at the weekend and finished the game tremendously strong which was surprising and we will see how he is over the next couple of days.”
Looking at the match overall the Celtic boss added: “We didn’t work their keeper as much as we would have liked but saying that I was very pleased with the team performance tonight.
“It was a very good tempo, a good shape to us, we were committed and played with real zest and no fear against a class side.
“It was a decent start for us, it could have been better it could have been worse.
“I think they will probably be the happier going away, I don’t think there was anything really between the teams.
“There were 10 guys out there making their Champions League debut against a very experienced Champions League side so I am very proud of them.”
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