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.
7 reasons Celtic looked sluggish in Riga win as champions strive to hit top gear
dailyrecord.co.ukMoi Elyounoussi's goal hit the back of the net there was also tangible relief.Across Twitter, the sentiment was simple and expressed over and over again - "thank **** for that."It was flat from the off as Celtic struggled to overcome a side that sat extremely deep and looked to hit on the break.The low-block is nothing new to Neil Lennon's side - they come up against such defensive set-ups week in, week out on the domestic scene.But while they have enough technical quality throughout squad to pierce the most stubborn of defences against teams in Scotland, they huffed and puffed on Thursday night before their 89th-minute winner.While a five-hour trip to Eastern Europe won't have helped energise the champions, you'd have expected a more.
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