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.
Motherwell 1 Celtic 4: Elyounoussi hat-trick helps brush Steelmen aside
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Steelmen fielded an unchanged side from the one that beat Livingston last week, as Stephen Robinson maintained a three-pronged attack of Callum Lang, Devante Cole and in-form ex-Hoops striker Tony Watt, who was crowned the club's player of the month for October.
After winning just once in their last six outings going into this one, Celtic boss Neil Lennon rang the changes though after a 4-1 humbling at home to Sparta Prague in Thursday night's Europa League clash.Shane Duffy - whose defensive displays have come in for criticism in recent weeks - dropped to the bench along with French talisman Odsonne Edouard, and that allowed Kristoffer Ajer to make his return to the side along with Swiss striker Albian Ajeti, while ex-Motherwell man.
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