NEIL LENNON was delighted with his team’s performance in the 6-0 win over Icelandic Champions KR
“The ten days off didn’t help,” the Celtic manager admitted. “We’ve only had two competitive games up until now when a lot of teams have had four or five, so we’re playing a little bit of catch-up.
💬 “It was really important to get 90 minutes into the legs and negotiate the tie as well.
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“But it was a good night’s work. It was really important to get 90 minutes work into the legs and obviously to negotiate the tie as well.
“To score six goals and keep a clean sheet is very good. I’m pleased with a lot of what I saw tonight. It was a good performance and I’m delighted with the result and the number of goals we scored.
“Just to get us up and going again and get that match rhythm will get them up and running again. All round it was a really good team performance. The players will definitely benefit from it.
“We needed that after the ten-day break and the stop-start beginning to the season. Hopefully this will do them the world of good.
“We’ll see how they are on Thursday but they should get a benefit from that. We’ve got a big couple of weeks coming up now so it’s important we keep our focus.
“The next round is going to be difficult. Ferencvaros and Djurgardens are two strong teams,” the Celtic manager stated. “I don’t really have any preference. They are two well organised teams. I’ve been impressed with Ferencvaros from what I’ve seen from them so far.”
“It will be interesting to watch the game on Wednesday night, I think it will be tight.”
Lennon was thrilled by the performance from Man of the Match Moi Elyounoussi who scored a couple of good goals and looked much more like himself after disappointing showings against Hamilton and Kilmarnock.
“I’m expecting more from him this season. He was very good last season until it was curtailed by the broken toe. You see what he brings to the team. He’s really powerful. He doesn’t look dynamic or quick but he just wears people down.
“He’s really smart and the two goals tonight will do him the world of good. He is another one who needs games to get going. We saw a lot more positives from him tonight.”
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