Lennon insists Celtic will cope without injured Griffiths

Celtic boss Neil Lennon will have to do without Leigh Griffiths after the striker picked up an injury ahead of the Europa League clash with FC Copenhagen tonight.

The Scotland attacker and defender Greg Taylor did not travel to Denmark for the first leg of the last-32 clash, nor did longerterm injured defender Hatem Abd Elhamed.

As a partner to French attacker Odsonne Edouard, Griffiths has been key to the 3-5-2 formation that Lennon has preferred to the 4-2-3-1 since the start of 2020, which has brought nine wins out of nine in all competitions.

Lennon said: “We can use both systems, we are comfortable with both and we have a fair idea of how we want to play tomorrow.

“I expect a difficult game, tactically they are smart. We are in good form, confidence is good. I am not taking anything for granted but we are looking forward to the game.

“We have a couple of injuries but I have a good complement of players here as well.

“Confidence is good but obviously we are not taking anything for granted in terms of Copenhagen. They are a strong team and they are difficult to beat.”

Celtic boss Neil Lennon