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Hibs head coach Neil Lennon insists his side must quickly rediscover their killer instinct if they are going to cause Celtic problems in this weekend’s Betfred Cup semi-final.
Lennon was pleased with the application shown in Saturday’s narrow 1-0 home defeat to Aberdeen, but was left lamenting the lack of a cutting edge.
The former Hoops boss plans to oversee extra shooting drills in training ahead of the Hampden showdown as the Leith side bid to become the first team to inflict a domestic loss on Brendan Rodgers’ side for the first time in an incredible 60 matches.
Three weeks after battling to a 2-2 draw at Parkhead, Lennon is desperate to go one better on Saturday.
He said: “The play in general against Aberdeen, the pace and tempo, the attitude, the intensity of the game and the quality of the game was good but you need to take that into the game against Celtic.
“It’s a big ask but we’re not going to be too downhearted about it, we just need to be better.
“We didn’t score, we tried to walk the ball in the net.
“It’s got to be better. We’ll be practising attacking drills on the training ground and hope they get confidence from hitting the back of the net.
“John McGinn scored two last time out and Paul Hanlon scored the winner at Ross County so that’s three games that our forward payers have not been on the score sheet and it’s not like we’re not attacking and creating chances.”
Hibs sit sixth in the Premiership and Lennon insists it is imperative his side improve their home form after collecting just one point from their last three matches in Leith against the Dons, Motherwell and Hamilton.
Lennon, whose side host city rivals Hearts in their next league match a week today, said: “That’s one point out of nine at home, which we have to rectify quickly.
“The style of play is good and the attitude and energy is really good.
“We have to make more out of the opportunities we have, and against the lesser opposition we need to be winning games – and we need to start doing that soon.”
