Neil Lennon is used to being called furious, last night he had every reason to be when Jim Duffy who is widely regarded as one of the game’s nice guys stepped well out of line.
Tempers didn’t fray at Easter Road- they exploded as Hibs and Morton drew 0-0 to leave the Edinburgh side ten points clear at the top of The Championship with six matches left to play.
Forget Joshua v Klitschko – Neil Lennon v Jim Duffy is the fight of the year.
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Morton have a game in hand but all eyes will be on Cappielow next Saturday when the two teams meet again in a match that is bound to be explosive.
The flash-point came in stoppage time when Morton substitute Kudus Oyenuga slid in late and dangerously on Jordan Forster right in front of the Hibs dug out.
As Lennon shouted his justifiable anger at the striker Duffy decided to wade in by coming over to confront Lennon backed up by a couple of his players.
The Hibs boss claimed that Duffy wanted a square go with both men sent to the stand by referee Nick Walsh.
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