Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Martin O'Neill insists Celtic drained by 'very soft' penalty as he applies 1974 rules to Greg Taylor challenge
dailyrecord.co.ukAtletico may have been the bad guys back in 1974. But Martin O’Neill insists they wouldn't have got the penalty they did against Celtic 49 years later.Greg Taylor was the culprit when he tripped Nahuel Molina after being caught out by a pass inside him and the Argentinian hit the deck, with the referee pointing to the spot immediately.
Antione Griezmann’s effort was tipped onto the post by Joe Hart, but the Frenchman gobbled up the rebound to level.O’Neill admitted he was showing his age, but was adamant that the challenge from Taylor wolnd't have been enough to warrant a spot kick back in his day.
He told TNT Sports: “You know that Atletico Madrid are going to come into the game, albeit through a penalty kick which I thought was very, very harsh.
It's a difficult one, because you just switch off for a second or two.“Taylor’s just been caught on the wrong side. The fella Molina’s just got in.
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