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Neil Lennon has said his side will carry on as normal after club fails to pay players

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Neil Lennon gave his post-match thoughts after his Bolton side drew at home against Brentford

Neil Lennon has said his side will carry on as normal, despite the club failing to pay some of their senior players for November.

The 'short-term funding issue' came just five hours before their Sky Bet Championship clash with Brentford on Monday evening, that saw the sides play out a 1-1 draw. 

This wasn't enough to lift Neil Lennon's side from their position at the foot of the table, where they are four points adrift of safety and winless in 12 games.

"I'm determined to carry on here, it's a great challenge," Lennon told Sky Sports after the game.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Bolton and Brentford

"It's not something I've been through before but I'm not going to let the things that are out of my control affect me and we'll just work away with the players as normal.

"There will be a meeting tomorrow with Trevor Birch and probably a representative from the PFA and we'll go through the process with the players tomorrow. 

Bolton manager Neil Lennon
Image: Lennon insists he and his players will 'carry on as normal' despite Bolton failing to pay its players

"The players reaction has been good. They were a little bit surprised obviously but you can see the reaction tonight, they gave it everything out there. I'm pretty sure the wages will get done and the investment will come into the club, so we just try to keep them quite cool and concentrated on the game and we've done that tonight."

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Bolton came from behind to take a point, with Neil Danns equalising after a brilliant opener from Brentford's John Swift. 

Bolton Wanderers' Neil Danns (left) celebrates scoring his side's equaliser
Image: Bolton's Neil Danns celebrates scoring his side's equaliser

"I'm happy with a point because it could have gone either way. We did alright in the first half, obviously a goal down but in the second half, we came on really strong and they had a couple of chances near the end.

"We had some chances after we scored and psychologically, the game changed after that. We were in the ascendancy and we just couldn't get the second goal. Maybe on reflection, a draw was a fair result.

"The attitude was brilliant. We lack a bit of quality, we know that at times but we can't fault them for their attitude and application.

"Things can change quickly in football, Leicester were bottom of the league for a long time last season and they ended up finishing really strongly so there's a lot of games to go and we need to start turning the draws into wins."

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