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Leigh Griffiths relishing the demand for goals at Celtic
The Hoops striker notched his 14th goal of the season in the 2-1 Scottish League Cup quarter-final win over Hearts at Tynecastle on Wednesday night.
Griffiths also scored in the 2-1 defeat by Derek McInnes's side at Pittodrie in September which took the Dons top of the table but helped by the Granite City men's poor form, Celtic are now four points ahead.
The 25-year-old Scotland international agreed with the suggestion that he is in the best form of his career - "I would say so" - as he looked to add to his tally and keep the home fans happy.
He said: "I think the fans expect me to score but as long as I can play well, contribute to the team and help them get three points, then I'm not really fussed who gets the goals.
"But a striker thrives on goals and I'm scoring goals but also playing well and every game I go into I'm looking to score goals.
"The strikers at Celtic are expected to score goals.
"I have scored 14 so far and I want to hit the 20 mark as quickly as possible and when I step on that park I am feeling that I am going to score in every game.
"It might not happen but as long as I am contributing to the team I am happy."
Griffiths believes Celtic will be on a revenge mission against the Dons who, despite being down to 10 men in their last meeting, scored a dramatic winner in the 86th minute through defender Paul Quinn.
The former Wolves forward said: "They will be coming down here to make it two in two against us this season but the boys are wanting revenge for what happened at Pittodrie.
"We were disappointed to lose the goal in the last five minutes but Aberdeen are a good team.
"They will be trying to challenge us for the rest of the season but we have to create as big a gap as possible and seven points is a big gap.
"But there's still a long way to go and if we can make it seven points before we play Molde (next week) then it will be a great achievement for us."
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