Contrast from last week's game

Last updated : 09 January 2011 By Grahame Greeen
Neil Lennon see the trip to Berwick Rangers for today's Scottish Cup fourth-round tie is the "worst possible" game Celtic could have faced following their win over Rangers last week. The 2-0 win took Celtic to the top of the league but they now face a Third Division side with last season's shock Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Ross County still fresh in the manager's mind. Lennon said: "After the result we had last weekend this is possible the worst game we could have had. It's a great tie for them. They will be highly motivated as most teams are when they come to play Celtic and the crowd will be willing their team to do all they can to beat us. But we will prepare as well as we can. Our players are are in good spirits obviously, there is a confidence about them and they look in good nick. It might be a culture shock for some of our players but I'm sure the majority of them have played in lower league grounds in different countries. We want to progress in the cup competitions as well as the league so it's an important game for us."

Despite heading over the border in buoyant mood after the result over Rangers, Lennon is not looking too much in to the advantage his side have over Rangers at the top of the table. He said: "
Psychologically it was a boost for the players and there is a bit of a feel-good factor but nobody is getting carried away. Rangers have the two games in hand are well capable of winning those games. It just makes it a lot more tighter than it could have been."

Lennon will probably make more changes to his starting eleven and there is plenty of interest around which central midfield pairing he will put out at Shielfield. Beram Kayal and Joe Ledley performed well last weekend but Scott Brown is back after suspension and new signing Freddie Ljungberg is free from a virus and ready to make his debut.  Lennon is delighted to have a selection dilemma in the middle of the park. He said: "
Nobody is guaranteed a place, I've told you that before. We do regard Scott very highly and he will be in contention. What all the players have shown are the qualities which led us to buy them. Kayal, Ledley, Brown and Ki have shown their qualities in the past few weeks and they are all coming in to form and if it's a dilemma then it is a good dilemma to have."