Celtic manager Neil Lennon wasn’t happy with the officials following their 3-0 Champions League home defeat to Juventus.
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He witnessed his players constantly being held at set-pieces – which is a regular and seemingly accepted practice in Italy – without any punishment from Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco.
“It looked like the Juventus players were fouling at every opportunity,” Lennon told BBC Sport. “The referee was warned by our players to keep an eye on it and he ignored our requests. Every time we went to lose a marker we were being hauled back and the referee was looking straight at it.”
His opposite number Antonio Conte was understandably a very contented figure despite seeing his highly-rated side being dominated in terms of possession for the vast majority of the contest.
“Celtic are a good team but we knew this, and there was a fantastic crowd who were like two extra men and that can only drive a team on,” he added. “It was a difficult match for us, but we kept our heads. They played with great intensity but we showed great maturity and overall it was an excellent result for us.”
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