Hibees boss Lennon left to
Hibs manager Neil Lennon last night lamented the individual errors he felt sabotaged his team’s chances of reaching the Betfred Cup Final.
“We lost two poor goals in the first half, and then you’re playing catch up,” he said of scores which reflected poorly on keeper Ross Laidlaw and full-back David Gray.
“I didn’t think there was anything in the game, I didn’t think we were being bombarded.
“Yes, Celtic dominated possession, but that was fine, we were happy to let them have it in certain areas.
“I’m just disappointed with the manner of the goals, they could have been avoided.
“Even the third, we’re dangling a leg rather than standing up to it.
“We had an opportunity to clear the first and we didn’t, and at the second the keeper should do better.
“So we had a mountain to climb, but we came back very strongly and almost got something out of the game. You can’t give a team of that calibre a head start.”
Lennon was able to take some positives from the defeat.
“There were some outstanding performances out there,” he said.
“The two centre-halves played great, Brandon Barker was very good, Dylan McGeouch and John McGinn were tremendous driving the game in the second half.
“Martin Boyle did well and, of course, young Oli Shaw comes on and gets us back in the game with more or less his first touch.