NEIL LENNON has picked his Celtic goal of the season so far with a wide variety of choice. Speaking to the Celtic View Podcast with Paul Cuddihy, the manager discussed the variety of choice in goals before selecting his choice.
Lennon picked the League cup winner from Christopher Jullien as well as Olivier Ntcham’s late goal in Rome as potential winners for their significance.
“I think the most significant one would be Ollie’s against Lazio and then Chris Jullien’s in the cup final because they were two stand-out moments.”
However, the manager selected Callum McGregor’s goal at Fir Park in February as his goal of the season. Impressive team play coupled with McGregor’s emphatic finish.
“Callum McGregor’s goal at Fir Park was a great goal. It was a brilliant team goal, great play between Ollie, Ryan and Jamesy, and a magnificent finish.
“Callum definitely has that in his game and we don’t want to make him too defensive as a player because he’s got so much creativity and ingenuity going forward, and he’s a really good finisher as well.
“He’s been immense this season in more ways than one, and that goal, for me, stands out, because some of the play was one-touch stuff which is what we work on every day, and then it was a magnificent finish.”
The Celtic manager couldn’t not include a mention to the incredible Odsonne Edouard, who has scored 27 times and laid off 19 assists in 45 appearances in all competitions this season.
“Odsonne Edouard ’s probably got his own list of brilliant individual goals – the first goal up at Pittodrie when he just went on one of those mazy runs and finished it brilliantly.
“There are just so many – a plethora of outstanding goals along the way.”
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