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.
Celtic star Massimo Donati believes the team need to drop any fixations on securing 10 In A Row and take things game by game to play out of their current slump.
Thursday night's loss at Sparta Prague make it two wins in nine for Neil Lennon's side as the club crashed out of the Europa League with two games left.
In Donati's first season at the Hoops, manager Gordon Strachan masterminded a dramatic late turnaround with Rangers leading by 10 points in late March.
And the Italian utility man told The Italian Football Podcast there is still a long way to go - but that it's imperative Lennon's men take things one match at a time in their recovery effort.
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