Neil Lennon tells Hibs players to cut the social media 'banter' and refocus

Hibs head coach Neil Lennon has told his players to cut out the gloating after the Edinburgh derby went into extra-time on social media.

Hibs midfielder Marvin Bartley singled out Hearts counterpart Ross Callachan after his side's 1-0 victory at Easter Road on Tuesday, writing on Twitter: Who is this Ross they talk of, I'm guessing he was injured today?!''

Callachan has only recently joined his boyhood heroes after playing against Hibs for Raith Rovers in recent seasons and the post angered Hearts boss Craig Levein.

And Lennon also was not impressed.

I don't like it,'' he said.I don't think it's necessary. Some of the boys think it's banter, I would rather just leave it and enjoy the win and move on to the next game. There may be a bit of history there, I don't know.

I have spoken to them already and I will be reinforcing that.''

Hibs turn their attentions to Motherwell on Saturday with Lennon predicting a humdinger'' following the teams' 2-2 draw at Easter Road last month.

Louis Moult struck twice as Motherwell came from two goals down and defender Efe Ambrose has vowed not to give the striker any encouragement after he took his season's tally to 11 in last weekend's Betfred Cup semi-final win over Rangers.

Ambrose said: When he has a chance, he utilises it. He doesn't need more than two. The last time he was able to get two good chances so this time we are going to try to make sure he doesn't get a chance. A couple of mistakes from our side cost us the game. We have learned from that, we have worked hard to correct them.''

Motherwell sit third in the Premiership, three points above Hibs, and Ambrose expects a difficult afternoon at Fir Park.

They compete, they work hard, that is the most important thing about Motherwell,'' the former Celtic player said.Any team that is going to play against them has to prepare for their physicality, their mentality.

Their approach to the game is very high intensity and they try hard to win second balls. It's a good challenge and we know what to expect.'