Neil Lennon slams Albian Ajeti charge as Celtic boss insists SFA bowed to pressure before not proven verdict
Albian Ajeti was cleared of a ban for diving.The Celtic boss admitted to being ‘flummoxed’ by the decision to fast-track the striker into the dock and hit the Swiss striker with a two game ban for simulation during last week’s 4-0 win at Kilmarnock.That suspension was quashed and described as ‘not proved’ after the Parkhead club’s legal team argued that Ajeti was sent sprawling by Killie keeper Colin Doyle, with Lennon adamant that the player should have had ‘no case to answer’.Lennon hinted heavily that Ajeti was only singled out after Rangers boss Steven Gerrard called for greater consistency after his star striker, Alfredo Morelos, was punished retrospectively for a stamp on Hibs defender Ryan Porteous.Another Ibrox hitman Kemar Roofe