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Celtic got off to another bad start as the Edinburgh side followed the recent examples of Aberdeen and Hearts by snatching an early lead. Derek Riordan started the move with a clever back-heel deep in his own half to send Scott Brown away into the opposition's half where he found the overlapping Garry O'Connor. The striker still had plenty to do, but cut inside Stanislav Varga with ease and then placed his right-foot shot past the on-rushing David Marshall from eight yards in the seventh minute.
Bobo Balde squandered a glorious chance to level the scores in the 18th minute after Steven Whittaker had conceded a free-kick for a clumsy foul on Valgaeren. Alan Thompson swung in a trademark left-foot cross and the Hibernian defence gave the defender a free header, but Balde completely missed the ball.
Celtic hauled themselves back on level terms on the hour thanks to a great opportunist strike from Beattie. Petrov clipped the ball into the box and the youngster pounced on Valgaeren's knock-down to drive a right-foot volley past the hand of Simon Brown from six yards.
Substitute Ivan Sproule became the Hibs hero with 11 minutes left, when he pounced on a loose ball to fire under the body of Marshall. But there was even more drama moments later when Brown took Murray's long ball in his path and coolly chipped Marshall to spark more wild celebrations in the visiting section.

Trivia

Hibernian's first win at Celtic Park for 13 years.

Teams

Celtic:-
Marshall, McNamara, Balde, Varga, Valgaeren, Petrov, Lennon, Thompson, McGeady (Wallace 69), Hartson, Maloney (Beattie 45).

Subs Not Used:- Douglas, Henchoz, Sylla, Lambert, Laursen.

Goal:- Beattie 59.

Booked:- Thompson.



Hibernian:-
Simon Brown, Scott Brown, Caldwell, Konte (Shiels 72), Glass, Antonio Murray, Ian Murray, Smith, Whittaker, Riordan (Sproule 71), O'Connor (Morrow 77).

Subs Not Used:- Alistair Brown, Hogg, McDonald, Murphy.

Goals:- O'Connor 7, Sproule 79, Scott Brown 81.

Booked:- Glass, Morrow, Shiels.

Att:- 58,322

Ref:- K Clark.

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