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LEIGH GRIFFITHS reckons only his mum calls him a BRAT - and that Malmo’s silly trash-talk is a sign they are scared.

The Celtic striker and his team-mates have been shocked at the venom which has eminated from Malmo ahead of tonight’s Champions League decider in Sweden.

Griffiths was among those singled-out for individual abuse , with goalkeeper Johan Wiland ending his pig rant after the first-leg in Glasgow by accusing the striker of acting like a child.

The Hoops hitman shrugged off the personal insult as he arrived in Sweden last night.

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Griffiths said: “The only person who has called me a brat is my mum.

“They can say what they want about me or anybody else in the side, but we have got a job to do and we will go and do it.

“He was saying I was tugging his shirt, but there was nothing in it. I didn’t touch him once.

“He was the one pushing and pulling. I spoke to the ref and asked him to keep an eye on it.

“The assistant behind the goal also made it clear that if he saw him pushing me again he’d give a penalty for it, so I don’t know where their keeper was coming from with what he said.”

Griffiths has a theory that Malmo’s mouthing may be down to their own self doubts.

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The Swedish outfit have confidently predicted success tonight while dishing out their jibes.

Asked if the cocky comments could be a defence mechanism against a fear of failure, Griffiths nodded and said: “They know how good side we are. We proved that.

“We’ll go over there looking to punish them with anything that comes our way.

“They are just trying to wind us up a bit. But we are looking to win the game.

“They are just trying to play games with us. We aren’t going to fall for it. Teams will do that all the time. We have got to rise above it.

“The comments in the paper have just been silly. We know what we are. We are a good footballing side and hopefully we will go and prove that.

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“Teams will always try to manipulate you and try and do stuff to get you wound up, but the manager will be cool, will be calm and he’ll have that instilled in us by the time we go out for kick-off.

“We knew because we won the game that they would come out and say stuff about us, but we know we’ve got a job to do and we will look to do that.”

The striker’s purple patch for club has been rewarded at national level after he called into Gordon Strachan’s squad for next month’s Euro qualifiers against Georgia and Germany.