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‘Griffiths the difference’
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Leigh Griffiths could be the difference for Celtic against Rangers on Saturday if the striker recovers from injury, says Murdo MacLeod.
The 26-year-old missed Scotland’s 2018 World Cup qualifying win in Malta on Sunday with a hamstring injury.
However, Celtic are confident that Griffiths along with left-back Kieran Tierney, who withdrew from Gordon Strachan’s squad with an ankle injury, will be ready for the first league visit of Rangers in four years.
Former Celtic and Scotland midfielder MacLeod, speaking in Glasgow where he was helping publicise The Scottish Qualification Authority’s (SQA) endorsement of skills, education and training firm, Spohrt, stressed the importance of Griffiths, who has already scored seven goals this season.
He said: “In any Old Firm game you need people who can score goals and when you have got Griffiths fully fit, that is so important because I think he is …
