Neil Lennon admits that he'd love to be involved in this season's Scottish Premiership title race.

Philippe Clement's Rangers are still in pole position and sit two points in front of Brendan Rodgers' defending champions Celtic with nine games to go in the race for the flag.

The 52-year-old is adamant that the destination of the league championship will come down to some good old-fashioned bottle, especially in the crunch derby double-header.

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The Northern Irishman said: "It does come down to bottle, yes. It is all about your mentality, performance, fitness levels and staying on top of your game.

"I think it's really exciting. I would love to be involved in it. I have been involved in many as a player and as a manager and it is just brilliant. You just have to be on point all the time now. I think the pivotal games will be when they play each other.

"Rangers have also got the Europa League which is great for them and I'd rather be in it than not. You always benefit from playing against top teams and that quality of opposition going forward into domestic games."

Lennon watched on with interest as both teams succumbed in their respective league games to Motherwell and Hearts respectively. It was the first time that both Glasgow sides had lost on the same weekend since 2018.

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Lennon feels that there are plenty more twists and turns where that came from before the victors take the chequered flag. He said: "Everybody thinks that the derby double-header will be crucial but you only need to look at what happened last weekend and you never know. Somebody was saying that you have to go back to 2018 since Celtic and Rangers both lost in the same weekend.

"That shows the consistency that both teams have or the dominance that they have in this environment but nerves will almost certainly play a part in the title run-in."

Neil Lennon was promoting Viaplay's live and exclusive coverage of Celtic v Livingston and Hibernian v Rangers on Sunday. Viaplay is available to stream from viaplay.com or via your TV provider on Sky, Virgin TV, and Amazon Prime as an add-on subscription.