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Lennon tries to move on from penalty saga Celtic manager Neil Lennon on Friday refused to be drawn on the on-going referees saga which began with a rescinded penalty almost three weeks ago at Tannadice - but insists neither he nor his players have done anything wrong. Following an investigation into the incident by the Scottish Football Association, referee Dougie McDonald was given a warning by the SFA's referees committee over his failure to properly articulate assistant Steven Craven's role in his report and in discussions with the referees observer. McDonald admitted lying to Lennon after the game and since then the debate about refereeing standards has spiralled into something approaching hysteria. Earlier this week Celtic striker Gary Hooper, who was involved in the challenge with Dundee United goalkeeper Dusan Pernis which sparked the controversy, claimed McDonald should not officiate again in the SPL. Celtic issued a statement on Friday supporting the SFA's attempts to reform its decision-making process in light of the incident. Earlier in the day Lennon said: "I don't think we have done anything wrong and the players don't think they have done anything wrong either. All I have been doing is concentrating on the games. "I have not mentioned it to the players at all. It is out of our hands at the moment. "They are footballers who want to play football and win things and that has been our main focus in the last six months." Asked if the issue would help foster a siege mentality at Parkhead, the former Hoops skipper replied: "I hope so. We are trying to build that anyway and this is a back-handed way of doing it. "But we will use it as a motivation for the players." Ahead of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Aberdeen at Celtic Park, where victory will see his side go top of the table for 24 hours at least, Hooper returns to the fold having recovered from a metatarsal injury while skipper Shaun Maloney should be fit after a stomach bug. New signing Olivier Kapo will not be included while Daryl Murphy and James Forrest continue their recovery from ankle injuries. Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee has called for players and managers to accept decisions in order to ease the pressure mounting on officials due to the ongoing controversy. He said: "I think both clubs, both managers, including myself, including Neil (Lennon, the Celtic boss), including everyone surrounding it, have a responsibility to try and help the officials. "I must be naive but I was so positive in terms of trying to support the referees. "I think we all have to take the pressure off them a little bit by backing off, accepting decisions." McGhee for the first time suggested his side were twice undone by poor decisions in last weekend's 2-1 loss to St Mirren. But he did not raise his frustrations at the time to avoid controversy. "We had two decisions which all of our boys were saying they were stonewall penalties," he said. "I made no case for it whatsoever. We had to leave it alone. "There will be mistakes and you have to get on with it. "I do think it fairly much evens itself out." McGhee praised the job Lennon has done at Parkhead since taking permanent control, having previously offered to put the Northern Irishman forward for the Motherwell job. "I offered to recommend him to (Motherwell chairman) John Boyle for the Motherwell job," said McGhee. "He's gone into the job he maybe wasn't expecting, but he's done brilliantly." Despite Celtic's strong start to the campaign - they have won nine of 10 games, losing only to Rangers - and McGhee is confident his side have the capability to cause an upset. "The biggest thing for me is a result and I still believe the best route to a result at Parkhead or anywhere is by playing well," he said. "Everything in training points to us being up for it, being sharp enough, being fit enough, being willing enough. "I firmly believe that this group have enough in them to win football matches. "The best team Aberdeen have had over the last 20 years haven't won all that often at Parkhead. "But I think we have enough about us to put up some sort of performance which would at least make Celtic earn a result." Paul Hartley is expected to recover from illness in time to play for the Dons against his former club. Hartley missed training on Wednesday with flu-like symptoms but trained on Friday, while Yoann Folly recovered from an ankle problem to play in the 2-1 loss at St Mirren last weekend. Andy Considine (knee) and Nikola Vujadinovic (hamstring) are still struggling and Peter Pawlett (broken toe) and long-term casualty Fraser Fyvie are out.