Source: PA
Lennon ignoring Rangers results
Neil Lennon will not concern himself with results at Rangers as he continues to drive Celtic towards his goal of capturing the Clydesdale Bank Premier League back from Ibrox.
In Saturday's lunchtime kick-off, Walter Smith's side battled back from behind against Hearts at Tynecastle to win in dramatic style with an injury-time strike from Steven Naismith.
The pressure to respond against Hamilton at Parkhead later in the day appeared to affect Lennon's side who fell behind to a Mark McLaughlin goal after only three minutes and could have lost more during a shaky start to the match.
However, after Shaun Maloney headed the equaliser in the 25th minute there was only ever going to be one winner. The Scotland striker, back in Craig Levein's squad for the forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifying double header against the Czech Republic and Spain, gave Celtic the lead with a wonderful free-kick after the break leaving Gary Hooper to tie up the points which took the Parkhead men above Rangers on goal difference.
Differing kick-off times have added an edge to the usually nip-and-tuck SPL title battles between the Old Firm in recent years. However, the Celtic boss, asked if there had been an advantage or disadvantage knowing what Rangers had done earlier in the day, replied: "I don't really know. But we can't dictate what Rangers do. We have to look after our own results and we did that.
"The consistency that both teams are showing is something to be admired and we will keep pushing and trying to improve. But we need a big improvement on that performance against Hamilton over the new few games."
