Neil Lennon praises Celtic's 'solidarity' after win at Aberdeen | OneFootball

Neil Lennon admitted he was “thrilled” by Celtic’s 2-1 win at Aberdeen that kept his Scottish Premiership leaders 10 points clear of Rangers.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring early on for the Bhoys, but the hosts levelled through Ash Taylor in the 27th minute.

Kristoffer Ajer netted the winner nine minutes from time to make it nine wins from nine games in the second half of the season for the Celts.

“I’m thrilled,” Lennon said afterwards, according to the official Celtic website.

“It’s a massive win in treacherously difficult conditions to play football. All credit goes to the players.

“They dug out a massive result for us. You can’t always play quick, slick football and they had to grind it out today.”

Lennon took several positives from the nature of the victory.

“It’s a good sign to get the result. It shows the character, resilience and that they’re a team,” Lennon said.

“There’s good solidarity within them and they keep going. The fitness levels are great as well but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, there’s still a lot of football to be played.

“In the context of the run that we’re on it’s a big win.”

Celtic’s attentions now switch to the Europa League and Thursday’s Round of 32 first leg away to FC Copenhagen.