Hibernian's Ryan Porteous warned about 'recklessness' by Neil Lennon
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Teenager Ryan Porteous was lucky to escape "the wrath" of head coach Neil Lennon after narrowly avoiding a red card in Hibs' draw with Rangers.
Porteous escaped sanction for felling Lassana Coulibaly in the first half, but was booked for a ferocious tackle on the midfielder after the break.
Lennon says the Scotland under-21 international, 19, needs to take that "recklessness" out of his game.
"I don't like that challenge. I wasn't impressed with it at all," Lennon said.
"It's a lunge and it's not what we coach. On another day it could've been a red and then he would've had to face the wrath of his manager."
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard was also critical of the challenge in a post-match interview.
"The player's not even looked at the ball - it's high and it's late," he told BT Sport. "If that's any of our players, I'm not sure they stay on the field."
Meanwhile Lennon, whose side beat Celtic 2-0 on Sunday, also said he was "fed up with the injuries" after losing goalkeeper Ofir Marciano to a calf injury.
The Israeli had been restored to the side for the previous two games, but had to be replaced by Adam Bodgan, who twice denied Alfredo Morelos.
"It's getting on my nerves now," said the Hibs head coach.
"Adam came in and was very, very assured. It's a luxury that we've got, having two superb goalkeepers, but they're dropping like flies at the minute.
"It's four points out of Celtic and Rangers at home, which I'm delighted with. That's two formidable sides at this level that we've faced and come away unscathed."