Neil Lennon has gone into full denial mode when it comes to his own position but also in what’s going on in front of him.

At 2-2 last night the Celtic manager put on his captain hoping he could change our fortunes.

We needed a goal, we needed a spark and with all due respect to Scott Brown, it was never going to be him.

However, Brown compounded his manager’s decision to field him with a daft incident which seen him sent off.

Livingston were in the ascendency before the sending off but Neil Lennon thinks that decision by his captain has ‘cost us’

‘It’s disappointing and he should really know better. It’s a lack of discipline and it’s cost us’ the Celtic manager told Celtic TV.

The game followed the same pattern we’ve watched all season. Playing in bursts with woeful defending and lack of leadership.

Scott Brown was an idiot for trying what he did on Wednesday night but ultimately it doesn’t cost us. The points were dropped.