Athletic Bilbao 0

IT was only a friendly but Neil Lennon found himself in bother with officialdom once again as Celtic played out a goalless friendly with Athletic Bilbao in Spain's Basque country last night.

Lennon, who is serving a touchline ban in Scotland, had a disagreement with the match referee in the 33rd minute of the match at the San Mames stadium. The official asked Lennon to leave the technical area after the manager complained about a foul.

Celtic's manager then sat with the Bilbao fans directly adjacent to the dugout for the remainder of the match, which finished goalless.

Lennon later used his Twitter account to comment on the incident.

"Ref over fussy as I disputed a f kick...," he said. "Anyway we played some scintillating stuff against a class side and we should have won."

The match was otherwise notable for a rare appearance in a Celtic shirt of Freddie Ljungberg. The former Arsenal midfielder was signed in a blaze of publicity in January but has featured only sporadically since.

He played the whole match and there was also an appearance for Tony Watt, the 17-year-old former Airdrie striker, He appeared on the hour mark and looked lively, almost opening the scoring with his first shot.

Athletic Bilbao 0 - 0 Celtic