adminGLASGOW. — Neil Lennon described Celtic’s dramatic Champions League escape act on Wednesday night as his greatest moment in football.
The Parkhead boss watched James Forrest fire a 92nd minute injury time goal to clinch a sensational 3-0 win over Shakhter Karagandy — and fire the Scottish champions into the Champions League draw in Monaco.
Afterwards an emotional Lennon insisted a second successive season in the group stages had been soiled by criticism of his team’s display in their first leg defeat — singling out broadcasters ITV for special attention.
Capping a memorable night by agreeing a fee with Schalke for striker Teemu Pukki and tying up Israeli midfielder Nir Biton, however, the Parkhead boss also claimed he had reached the promised land with ‘no help’ from elsewhere.
“It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done in football. The last three months have all been about our preparation towards this. We lost three very important players and it’s been difficult to replace them. “So coming from a two goal deficit, it just makes the players’ performance and efforts all the more remarkable. “I cannot speak highly enough of the players in that dressing room.
‘They were just wonderful, absolutely wonderful.’ A delicately poised tie seemed destined for extra-time after strikes either side of half-time from Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras. — Mailonline.
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