Lennon: We believe we can down Juve

Neil Lennon has warned doubters not to underestimate Celtic ahead of the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash against Juventus at Celtic Park night.

To the surprise of many pundits and fans, the Hoops emerged ahead of Benfica and Spartak Moscow to finish second in Group G behind star-studded Barcelona — whom they famously beat 2-1 at Celtic Park last November — and earn their place in the knock-out stages of the tournament for the first time in five seasons.

The Serie A champions, though, are strong favourites to progress through to the quarter-finals but manager Lennon, while recognising the quality of the visitors, said: “I think we have been (underestimated) throughout the whole campaign and going into this game we are being made out to be massive underdogs but I don’t quite see it that way myself.