Source: Team_Talk
Celtic out to secure second spot
Rangers might well clinch the SPL title on Sunday, but Neil Lennon is keen to ensure it is not because Celtic fail to beat Dundee United.[LNB] The Hoops' interim boss takes his side to Tannadice for the lunchtime kick-off knowing that if Rangers triumph at Easter Road later in the day, the championship is officially over.[LNB]However, if Celtic fail to win at United - a draw would leave them 10 points behind with three games remaining - Rangers can celebrate before a ball is kicked in Edinburgh.[LNB]Lennon, whose side can secure second place with a fifth successive SPL win, said: "We have to win the game at Tannadice for our own reasons, plus you want Rangers to have to go to Easter Road and get a result.[LNB]"We want to prolong it as long as we can but we are just thinking about winning our game.[LNB]"Dundee United have had an excellent season, more than excellent, actually.[LNB]"I watched them again last week when they scored three goals at Motherwell and they are a very good team.[LNB]"They are confident, they all know their jobs and Peter Houston has done a brilliant job as manager since Craig Levein left earlier in the season.[LNB]"We haven't won there since we won the league there in 2008 so that is an incentive for us and so we will be going there as positive as we can."[LNB]Celtic have bounced back since their shock Scottish Cup semi-final loss to First Division side Ross County but Lennon, still keen to get the job on a permanent basis, knows more potential trouble is never far away.[LNB]"I am not getting too carried away with the four league wins in a row," the Irishman said.[LNB]"I expected that from the players with the quality that we have and I expect them to go to Tannadice with a positive frame of mind.[LNB]"If we keep winning games it will help my position, that's unquestionable.[LNB]"The flip side of that is that if we lose, it puts me in another precarious position so we have to keep winning games."
