Neil Lennon said he could not fault his players’ attitude in Celtic’s draw against Hibernian but insisted his side must be more focused if they are to avoid dropping any more points in the league.

It was a somewhat disappointing return to action for Celtic following the international break as the champions were held to a 2-2 draw against Hibs at Easter Road.

Celtic started well and were unfortunate not to go into the break ahead, given the number of chances created. Defensive mistakes early in the second period gifted the home side a two-goal lead and gave Celtic an uphill battle.

Odsonne Edouard reduced the deficit from the penalty spot in the 80th minute and Diego Laxalt’s first goal for Celtic salvaged a point for his side in added time.

Neil Lennon was frustrated not to have taken all three points from the game and said his team had to eradicate the defensive errors going forward.

“I’m angry, I’m disappointed," he said. "The two goals we’ve given away were awful. I wouldn’t say they were unprofessional but it’s slack. They have to look at it themselves and do the dirty bits of the game better - tracking runners and winning headers.

“Scott Bain made a save and none of our boys follow in. It’s basic defending which we’ve talked about. Some of them defensively switched off and we can’t afford to do that, no matter what level we’re playing at. It has to be better.

'It wasn’t a bad performance in terms of attitude. There was good energy in the first half, but for those 10 or 15 minutes in the second half, we really let ourselves down.'

“Again, I’ve had to change the shape to get us back into the game. The subs did fine but we were too passive in the final third in the first half even though we controlled the game.”

Celtic showed their character to fight back from two goals down and Neil Lennon said they must apply that same mentality to the full 90 minutes in order to fulfil their potential in the upcoming fixtures.

“We gave ourselves a lot to do but we did it and showed a far better mindset in the last 20 minutes,” he said. “We need to bottle that and carry it forward.

“We had a bit of fire in the belly for the last 25 minutes and we need to start games like that. Winning breeds confidence. We dropped two points today which is pretty hard to take after a great win at Motherwell but we have to find a level of consistency in our performances.”

Neil Lennon: We must remain focused to avoid more mistakes