Scott Brown has come out and defended his teammates after Neil Lennon threw him under them under the bus in the aftermath of Champions League capitulation.

The bhoys went out to the Hungarian champions on Wednesday night and Neil Lennon cut an angry figure after the game.

Given the team selection, the manager’s response should have been him taking all the blame for the performance. He did say it was on him at the end of the day but then said some of the players don’t want to be here.

Scott Brown refutes those comments and believes the manager has got it wrong on this occasion.

“For me, the lads want to be here.” Broony told RecordSport.

“I don’t know what people have said to him individually, to be perfectly honest.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if they want to be here or not, once they go on that park everyone gives 100 per cent and that’s what the gaffer demands.

“It wasn’t the best performance. We’ve dominated the ball, but we’ve not been clinical enough in front of goal and we were a little bit sloppy with the two goals.”

It’s quite disconcerting that our captain is more measured than our manager. We know Neil lives and dies for Celtic but you have to be professional and remove yourself from your emotions. We were all gutted on the night but the manager has to take the flak and if he has a bone to pick in the dressing room, that’s where it should happen.