Neil Lennon has defended Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers, insisting things are not as bad as they are being made out to be.

The Scottish champions currently sit three points clear at the top of the league, with rivals Rangers having a game in hand.

However, some fans have been left disappointed after poor League Cup and Champions League campaigns and lack of activity in the January transfer window.

But Lennon feels things are being blown out of proportion.

"Everyone is saying how Rangers are grinding out results, but Celtic have won eight and drew one of their last nine games," he told PLZ Soccer.

"That's pretty impressive, but they are the ones who are getting all the criticism. Brendan is quite rightly getting criticised because the performances aren't at the level that we expect them to be.

"However, this is a new team with a new coach and they are still winning games. But the narrative is that 'Celtic are struggling and Rangers are doing really well'.

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"You can understand why Brendan has got a bit spiky about it. The narrative is that everything is great on one side of the fence but not the other, even though the results have been the same.

"Celtic went out of Europe in early December but we are nine games on from that where he has won eight and draw one.

"The football has not been exhilarating but they are getting the job done. They should take some encouragement from that rather than banging on and saying that they haven't got the players."