The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Striker dilemma for Celtic

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Griffiths or Dembele to lead the line for Celtic?

French striker Moussa Dembele has returned to the Celtic starting line-up in recent weeks following another spell out with injury and he scored a hat-trick in 12 minutes for France Under-21s last week.

However, it was Griffiths who boss Brendan Rodgers had to call upon for help when the Hoops were struggling against Ross County in Dingwall on Saturday.

The Scotland striker, back from a calf injury, climbed off the bench to score a 30-yard freekick to give the league leaders all three league points while extending their unbeaten domestic run to 64 games.

Rodgers is left with a welcome dilemma for what is sure to be a tough night in Paris.

Rodgers’ tactics? Brendan Rodgers has refused to compromise his way of playing when up against the top clubs in Europe. The Northern Irishman insists he will not ‘park the bus’ and will encourage his players to stick to their game. However, after 5-0 home defeat to PSG in September, will he take a more pragmatic approach?

How will PSG approach the game?

With four wins out of four, the French club has already qualified for the knockout stages. Second-placed Bayern are also through having taken nine points from 12. PSG boss Unai Emery stressed that he wants top spot which brings a seeding for the last-16 draw.

However, PSG will clinch first place if they win and Bayern do not, or if they draw and Bayern lose so Celtic can expect their starstudde­d opponents to be fully-focused.

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