Lennon: All credit to my players

Victory over Hearts on Thursday (AEDT) would see the Hoops move four points clear of rival Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

The Jambos were the last team to inflict defeat on Celtic in the SPL - a 2-0 loss at Tynecastle on October 2 - during what was a difficult period for the Parkhead side.

They were 15 points adrift in the title race at one stage, but could now put themselves firmly in the driving seat with the right result in Edinburgh.

Lennon said: "I'm not taking the credit. The credit goes to the players. I'm only as good as my players.

"We worked hard with them. There are different personalities in there but they are a very good group.

"Some of them were short of confidence, some of them were short of form. That's football at times.

"We didn't do anything extra in training. We just went over clips of games where we could improve.

"What we have started to do is cut out the individual mistakes. If they do make mistakes, there is belief there that they can turn it around very quickly in games.

"That's credit to them, not to me."