Leigh Griffiths has admitted that he feels a sense of responsibility as Ronny Deila's position as Celtic manager comes under further scrutiny.

Celtic's 2-1 defeat to Ajax has left the Parkhead side out of Europe with one game still to be played against Fenerbahce next month.

Deila's side have failed to win a solitary game in Group A and have conceded 11 goals. They have taken just two points from their five Europa league games and have now gone ten Europa League games without a win.

The stats make for grim reading and Griffiths, who missed three good chances against Ajax, has held his hands up.

“I do feel some responsibility now, if people are going to talk about the manager," he said. "The players came in and done a fantastic job and I just feel gutted.

“Last night was in our hands. Had we won the game we could have gone to Istanbul with a chance to go through and it doesn’t matter about previous results. It was all about Ajax and what we did on the night and ultimately if my shooting was better then we would still have a chance to go to Turkey and go through.

“I couldn’t speak after the game. I am so disappointed in myself. I feel so sorry for the rest of the boys because we had a lot of players out and they came in and done fantastically well. I couldn’t fault anyone – except myself. I can’t say any more. It is so hard to take."

The damage for Celtic in this group was done long before last night, but Griffiths cut an inconsolable figure as he contemplated the missed chances against Ajax.

"It was all about last night and if my finishing had been better then we would have kept our place in Europe," he said. "But we lost the game and I think it is all down to me.

“The first one that Scott put the ball through to me, I thought I was offside but you are always told to play to the whistle and I tried to bend it round him but he made himself big and made a good save. The other one, Stuart [Armstrong] played the ball in and I was contemplating whether to hit it first time or whether to play it back inside. I took a bad touch and I have tried to take it round him and I can’t see James [Forrest] but he has told me that he was right behind me. If I had back-heeled it they could have gone up the park and scored.

"It was a night when I couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo. The performance was good – it was all good apart from my shooting."