Griff: No way did we taunt Gers fans

action over “players taunting opposing fans during the majority of goal celebrations”.

However, Griffiths, who had a battery hurled at him after running to the corner flag in front of the Sandy Jardine and Copland Road Stands after putting Celtic two in front, rejected that suggestion.

He stressed the Celtic players would have been cautioned by ref John Beaton if they had broken any rules – and insisted they would have had no issues if their rivals had celebrated the same way after netting at Parkhead.

“There was no question of goading the fans,” he said as he helped launch the Scottish champions kit for the 2017/18 season.

“If you goad fans you will get booked, simple as that. We were at the edge of the pitch, we didn’t go over the hoardings or anything like that. Not until the second half when we scored in front of the Celtic fans.

“If the shoe was on the other foot and the Rangers players did that at Celtic Park, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

Meanwhile, Griffiths, who has taken over from Moussa Dembele in the Celtic team, is hoping to play well enough up front in the next four games to get selected to play in the William Hill Scottish Cup Final against Aberdeen later this month and the Scotland game against England next month.

The 26-year-old striker has, despite netting 40 times in all competitions last season, had to play understudy to Dembele, who has scored 32 goals since moving to this country last summer.

However, the French forward is sidelined with a hamstring strain and the Scot has taken his place in Brendan Rodgers’s side.

“I have five cup finals,” he said. “The main objective is to get minutes, play as well as I can and get into the cup final team. And I want to be firing on all cylinders for Scotland.

“It’s unfortunate that Moussa got injured, but it happened to me earlier in the season and he stepped up to play. I’m fully fit and hopefully I can score goals. The cup final and England games are coming up fast.”