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Neil Lennon: 'Draw will have no bearing on Wednesday'

Lennon: 'We will not be troubled by draw'
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Neil Lennon believes the surprise draw with Arbroath will have "no bearing" on Wednesday's crucial Champions League fixture with Spartak Moscow.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has insisted that the shock draw with Arbroath will have no bearing on his side's Champions League clash with Spartak Moscow.

The Bhoys struggled during the 1-1 draw with Arbroath in the Scottish Cup fourth round but Lennon believes that his side will be fully prepared for the crucial match on Wednesday.

"It will have absolutely no bearing on Wednesday whatsoever," said Lennon. "It will be a different team, a different opposition, a different atmosphere and a different prize at the end of it so the players will be fully focused and I am hoping to get a different scoreline.

"You always feel that at 1-0 anything can happen and it did. We have missed a hat-full of chances to see the game off but we are still in the competition.

"I wanted to use my squad today and I learned some things about some players. I learned that I can't have a couple of people in the wall because they seem to want to jump out of the way."

Celtic need to better the result that Benfica earn against Barcelona to book a place in the last 16 of the competition.

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