Celtic manager Gordon Strachan insists his strikers are still playing their part in the Hoops' relentless league campaign despite their lack of goals.

The Parkhead men are odds-on to retain their Bank of Scotland Premier League title and have qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time, but are not getting a steady stream of goals from their hit-men.

Kenny Miller has not scored in his last seven games and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who missed Saturday's victory with a hamstring injury, has scored only twice in his last eight matches.

Jiri Jarosik, who has also been played up front at various times despite being a midfielder, has chipped in with three goals.

And Maciej Zurawski had scored only once in his last eight matches until he grabbed the only goal of the game against the Dons after coming on as a second-half substitute for Thomas Gravesen.

Strachan said: "At this time last season the strikers had scored 50 per cent of our goals, that is down to 30 per cent.

"I have an idea why it's happening but sometimes it's just form and you have to accept that. At the moment it is just about winning games.

"And what seems to be happening is that the goals are being shared out.

"The strikers are helping us. Jiri was close to having a good game and Kenny was still running about but we are not deadly in front of goals at the moment.

"But they must be doing something right because we are not losing games."

Meanwhile fullback Paul Telfer has revealed he will leave the club in the summer. The former Coventry and Southampton player is living away from his family and wants to return to their Winchester home.

The 35-year-old, currently in his second season at Celtic, admits he may quit football if he does not find a club closer to home.

"My contract is up and even if there was an offer of another year I won't be staying," he said today. "I feel fit enough to play on, but my family couldn't settle and are already back down south, so if a club came in I'd look at that.

"If I stop playing I'm not sure what I'll do - but not coaching," he added.

The Hoops head for Denmark on Tuesday to complete their Champions League Group F fixture the following day against FC Copenhagen.