Leigh Griffiths believes his striking partnership with Odsonne Edouard will continue to improve the more time they play together.

Griffiths made it three goals in three games yesterday (December 26) when he scored Celtic’s second in their 3-0 win against Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park.

Neil Lennon’s side came away from South Lanarkshire with a convincing win after dominating the home side. Celtic were unfortunate not to have scored more given the number of chances created and Griffiths himself could have bagged a hat-trick with his impressive play in attack.

After the game, Griffiths praised the team’s performances and played down his own contribution to the three-points.

“It was a brilliant win,” said the Celtic striker. “We were frustrated at half-time not to go in with a lead but we knew if we kept on knocking on the door in the second half we would get the goals in the end. It was great to get the penalty early in the second half because it calmed us down a bit and settled the nerves.

'It’s going well so far so I just want to keep the momentum going. As long as the team’s picking up three points, I don’t care who scores.'

“Against Ross County, we played well for large parts of the game and we’ve built on that. We kept another clean sheet as well. We just need to keep building the momentum and keeping clean sheets.”

Neil Lennon has praised Griffiths’ performances in recent games and said the Celtic striker would continue to improve as his fitness increased. That was evident in his performance at New Douglas Park as Griffiths tormented Brian Rice’s defence with their attacking play.

Griffiths was positive when reflecting on his fitness journey and said he was optimistic the striking partnership with Edouard would continue to flourish.

“I’m feeling good,” said the 30-year-old. “I’m pleased with the minutes I got on the pitch today and the more minutes I get the fitter I’ll become. Now I can concentrate on Wednesday now.

“We’re trying to build on that partnership we had at the back end of last season. The more minutes we play together the more we’ll improve together.”

Leigh Griffiths confident partnership with Edouard will continue to flourish