Glasgow: Neil Lennon says a half-time dressing-down inspired his players to come from two behind to seal a dramatic 3-3 draw with Motherwell at Fir Park.
The Scottish Premiership champions trailed 2-1 at the break after they fell behind to goals from John Sutton and Zane Francis-Angol.
Kris Commons missed a penalty before Anthony Stokes pulled one back for Celtic in first-half stoppage time.
However, following a heated team talk at the interval, the Hoops came out fired up and soon found themselves level when Georgios Samaras prodded home in the 56th minute.
Leigh Griffiths came off the bench to fire Celtic in front in the 86th minute to complete the turn-around, but just as it looked as if Motherwell were heading for defeat, Sutton slid home his second to seal a point for his side.
“Our first-half performance was poor,” said an angry Lennon, whose side clinched their third title in a row last month. “It looked as if some of the players were on holiday already so obviously I had a few words at half-time.
“What was said is between me and the players but obviously they could tell I wasn’t happy. We sent them out early as a few of them were just going through the motions and that’s not what I expect from a team.”
