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Leigh Griffiths has denied he dived to win a penalty as Celtic overcame a scare in the closing minutes of the game.
The birthday boy gave the away side the lead on 28 minutes with a blistering volley that crashed off the crossbar after some terrific attacking play from Kieran Tierney down the left wing.
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Griffiths scored his sixth goal of the season as goals from Scott Sinclair, James Forrest and substitute Ryan Christie ensured Celtic got all three points.
Speaking about the incident which Craig Thomson booked him for the 26-year-old was
As quoted by the BBC, he said:
It wasn’t a dive, I felt contact.
Craig has reffed a lot of our games and said ‘I have never seen you dive’ and I said ‘Why have you booked me?’
St Johnstone score from the spot and late on to give Celtic a scare but Brendan Rodgers’ side held on for their fifth win in a row in all competitions.
Griffiths will now turn his attention to the hoops’ second leg Champions League play-off tie against Israeli side Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
A place in the group stages of the group stages of Europe’s premier competition will see Celtic earn at least £20 million and end a three-year absence from the competition.
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The griff does not dive……………end of………………………………thompson is just another lodge wannae be………ah mean anything that moves in hooped colours is just asking to be carded……………………..what a fucking cheating bastard…………..hang your head cause ye know that yer clubs dead……..wankstain…..end of