GETTY Lee Griffiths is just like Luis Suarez - according to Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers

Griffiths scored in Celtic’s 1-1 draw with Champions League qualifying rivals Astana, who failed in a bid to get the striker suspended for tonight’s game at Parkhead. The Kazakhs posted footage of Griffiths allegedly punching full-back Igor Shitov off the ball in last week’s first leg and urged UEFA to ban him. Rodgers, however, reckons their actions show they fear Griffiths. And he has no problem with his top scorer playing on the edge, as his former Liverpool star Suarez does likewise. Rodgers said: “If there was anything really in it he would have been red-carded. “He got a yellow and what this tells you is how much of a threat they see him as.

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If he had a different name – a more Latino name – this guy would be talked about as being worth 15 million quid, for sure. Luis Suarez played on edge and he was alright Brendan Rodgers on Leigh Griffiths

“They obviously respect him so much as a player they want try to get him banned from the game. “You can only assume that’s why they took the course of action they took, in the hope it might work that way. “I always think that to be a winner, and to be the best, you need to be on the limit. The best players do. “Leigh plays on the limit, as a number of our boys do. That’s what you want as a coach and a manager. “If he had a different name – a more Latino name – this guy would be talked about as being worth 15 million quid, for sure. Luis Suarez played on edge and he was alright.”