Lennon warns his rampant Hoops will be hard to stop

GLASGOW: Celtic manager Neil Lennon says his side will be hard to stop after watching the Hoops demolish Aberdeen 4-1 at Hampden to clinch a spot in the League Cup final.

The Hoops followed on from their 4-0 thrashing of third-placed Hearts in midweek with a dominant first-half performance that saw them net four times in the opening 33 minutes of Saturday’s tie.

And Lennon, who will lead his team out for the first time as a manager in a national final in March, believes the momentum behind his side will take some stopping.

“We followed on from where we left off on Wednesday night and if they can maintain that sort of form we are going to be hard to stop,” the Celtic boss said.

But despite a first-half performance that the Celtic manager described as the best he had seen from his side at Hampden Lennon admitted he still had a go at his players for taking their foot off the pedal in the second-half.

“We were disappointed with the goal but you can’t have everything and it’s been a good day,” the Hoops boss said.

“I told them at half-time to maintain their standards but that’s pretty difficult when you are 4-0 up. I just wanted them to win the second-half and that would have been a brilliant performance.

“I had a bit of a go at them after the game but that’s just me. You have to remember what you were like as a player.

“When you’re so comfortable and so far ahead in the game psychologically at times it’s difficult to maintain that sort of intensity in your play.”