CELTIC blew a two-goal lead as Hibernian staged a dramatic fightback to claim a 2-2 draw.
After a goalless first half, Scott Sinclair looked to have handed Brendan Rodgers’ side all three points when he scored a quick-fire double.
But the Hoops took their foot off the gas and former Celtic man Efe Ambrose gave the home side hope in the 76th minute when his deflected shot crashed into the net.
Just three minutes later Oli Shaw sent the home fans into raptous with his equaliser.
Celtic’s 68-match unbeaten run almost came to an end in stoppage-time as Shaw’s shot was cleared off the line by Mikel Lustig.
The result means Celtic’s lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership has been cut to five points following rival Rangers’ 2-1 win against Ross County on Saturday. Rodgers said after the game: “I thought we were outstanding in the game for the first 75 minutes and controlled the game.
“We were 2-0 up and it should have been four or five with the chances we had and then we presented them with two goals.
“We’ll certainly reflect on it as two points dropped.”
After their disappointing defeat to Anderlecht in midweek, Celtic were looking to bounce back and they almost made the perfect start through Callum McGregor. Paul Hanlon then bravely blocked a rocket shot from Olivier Ntcham with his head before James Forrest should have given Celtic the lead.
A horrendous misplaced pass from Dylan McGeouch across his own 18-yard line was intercepted by his former Celtic teammate who raced in on goal, but the winger somehow put his shot wide of the post with only the keeper to beat.
Hibs were doing well to frustrate the visitors but the game burst into life on the hour mark when Sinclair fired Celtic in front.
The winger’s shot was deflected into the path of Odsonne Edouard whose first time strike cannoned off the base of the post but Sinclair was quickest to react and bury the rebound past Marciano.
Sinclair scored his second minutes later as he cut in from the left and let fly with a thunderous strike that took a deflection off the back of Marvin Bartley on its way into the net. Just as it looked Celtic were going to cruise to victory, Hibs pulled a goal back.
Ambrose pounced on a loose ball in the box after Steven Whittaker’s shot was blocked and his shot flew into the net via a deflection off Scott Brown.
Hibs had their tails up and levelled matters when Lewis Stevenson’s deflected cross fell to Shaw 12 yards out and he swivelled to fire high past Gordon.
From The Sun
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