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Celtic held on to beat Hibernian to cut the gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership as Martin O’Neill’s winning Premiership return continued.
With the interim boss revealing a “strong possibility” he will stay at Celtic a bit longer, he hoped his side would take the initiative and narrow the gap in the Premiership title race.
After Daizen Maeda had a goal ruled out for offside, he took advantage of a mistake by Hibs keeper Raphael Sallinger to knock the ball in from Reo Hatate’s pass.
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Daizen Maeda puts Celtic ahead at Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership
They were 2-0 up less than two minutes later when Arne Engels headed Hyun-Jun Yang’s cross into the net, escaping injury despite clashing with Jamie McGrath in the process.
Martin Boyle pulled the hosts back into the game from the penalty spot after Liam Scales was harshly punished for handball.
Kasper Schmiechel pulled off a big save to deny Chris Cadden as Celtic held on to move two points behind Premiership leaders Hearts with a game in hand.
More to follow…
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Hibernian get one back against Celtic in the Scottish Premiership after a VAR review for a penalty
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