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Aidan Smith

Neil Lennon in priceless Celtic reaction after slip of the tongue title prediction

This is Neil Lennon's priceless reaction after Sky Sports pundit James McFadden had a slip of the tongue when live on air.

The Scotland hero was hailing Celtic's derby day victory over Rangers at Ibrox and inadvertently made a cheeky title predcition.

He said: "Kyogo takes his chance, which is a half chance, and that is the reason Celtic will win the league, won the game sorry."

Host Eilidh Barbour then joked that was a "slip of the tongue", but ex-Celtic boss Lennon was loving it as he slapped McFadden on the thigh.

He also utters something under his breath to McFadden, but television audio failed to pick up the comment.

Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers spoke about being under intense media pressure going into Celtic’s impressive 1-0 Premiership win over Rangers at Ibrox.

The Hoops went into the game on the back of a loss to Kilmarnock in the Viaplay Cup and a home draw to St Johnstone and with some key players missing, but Kyogo Furuhashi’s late first-half strike stretched their lead over Rangers to four points after four games.

After the game, Rodgers said: “I understand I have been placed on death watch by the media.

“But whatever the result today I’m an experienced manager now and I’m staying calm.

“But that’s where you are powerless as a coach.

“For me I understand what we have, I understand what we are missing.

“Until we get the level of player back that will make a difference in some of our games we have to keep working and developing and improving and I have absolutely no doubt we will do that as the season grows.

“But listen, it’s three wins and a draw in the league and some of the games have been good, but we are still piecing together a team which will look a lot more like it by the end of the season.”

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