Lennon furious as Buddies stun Bhoys

St Mirren 3 Celtic 2

Debutant Esmael Goncalves gave Saints the lead in the eighth minute, but that was cancelled out by Gary Hooper a minute from the interval.

Buddies keeper Craig Samson saved Charlie Mulgrew’s penalty four minutes into the second half and things got worse for Mulgrew in the 83rd minute as he handled a Gary Teale cross inside the area, which allowed former Celtic man Paul McGowan to score from the spot before former Rangers striker Steven Thompson grabbed a third.

Mulgrew ended a desperate afternoon by scoring with the last kick of the match, but it was not enough to prevent Celtic slumping to defeat.

“I am bitterly disappointed with that performance,” Lennon said.

“That was an impersonation of a team that I know. There is not one player, maybe with the exception of Hooper, that would get pass marks today.

“Some of them behaved like spoiled kids out there.’’

ST MIRREN: Samson, van Zanten, Goodwin, McAusland, Carey, Newton, McGinn (Barron 76),Teale, McGowan (Mair 90), Goncalves (Guy 90), Thompson.

CELTIC: Zaluska, Matthews, Wilson, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Wanyama (Lustig 74), Brown, Hooper, Ledley, Nouioui (Commons 64), Samaras (Stokes 74).

Referee: William Collum (Scotland).