| Neil Lennon insists his players need to have the mental strength to deal with the anxiety which is part and parcel of life at Parkhead. Celtic are now three points behind leaders Rangers after Sean Dillon's header, deep into injury-time, gave Dundee United a share of the points on Saturday. Gary Hooper's 11th goal of the season after 23 minutes suggested that the points would be staying at Parkhead and had Tannadice keeper Dusan Pernis not made a great save from the former Scunthorpe striker minutes later then the points could have been safe. However, as the second goal refused to come the anxiousness of the home support appeared to spread from the stands on to the pitch and United eventually got the equaliser they deserved, albeit it came with just seconds remaining of three added minutes. Lennon believes his players have to cope with the pressure which is sure to increase as the season moves on. He said: "That's the expectation level that comes with being at a big club and the players have to live with that and have to get past that. It's been like that since I've been here and I'm sure it was like it before that. It's something we have to deal with when playing for Celtic. I don't think it helps at times but I can understand why the fans get a bit anxious as we all do when you are 1-0 up with minutes to go. I didn't think we were in massive danger and were hanging on. Dundee United forced a few set-pieces but I always thought we were capable of scoring. I don't know how many good chances we had but it was enough to win the game." Lennon has been trying to find the right combination for his central defence all season and at times Thomas Rogne and Daniel Majstorovic looked just as uncertain as previous combinations. But Rogne has no problem with the Celtic fans having their say and admitted that the three points should have been made safe well before the final whistle. The Norwegian youngster said: "The crowd is allowed to get nervous, that is part of being a football supporter, you get nervous and you get happy. Of course we hear what they say but I don't think that affected us. We should just have seen the game out. It's very disappointing when it is a game we should have won. We could have been two, three or four-up in the first half. But as long as it is only one-nil, there is always the opportunity for the other team to come back. You know all they need is one goal, a lucky strike or whatever so you need to be prepared for this and we obviously weren't." |