Chris Sutton has praised Celtic’s win over Astana.
Celtic left no doubt over their qualification for the Champions League group stages by demolishing Kazakhstan champions Astana.
Celtic won the home leg 5-0 through two own goals, a Scott Sinclair double and one from James Forrest.
Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton hailed the club’s performance, which makes the second leg in Kazakhstan a mere formality.
Sutton picked out three players as particularly key to Celtic’s win, praising Nir Bitton, Olivier Ntcham and Leigh Griffiths – who he said would find English football easy.
Griffiths has been effectively leading the line in the absence of France international Moussa Dembele, who has been out all month with an injury.
The striker enhanced his reputation earlier this summer with a stunning brace for Scotland against England.
Now he looks set to get another chance to show what he can do in the Champions League group stages, providing Celtic avoid complete disaster in the second leg.
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