A knee replacement operation denied John Hartson his place on Celtic TV last night but watching from home didn’t lessen the pain as Celtic shipped away more points.
A patchy display was lit up by a brilliantly taken David Turnbull free kick in the 82nd minute that looked like giving a makeshift Celtic side full points.
Hibs had enjoyed a number of corners that hadn’t carried much threat but that didn’t excuse Diego Laxalt from giving away a needless free-kick in the 90th minute.
The watching Celtic support held its breath, there haven’t been many clean sheets this season but some comic cut defending between Stevie Mallon’s free kick and Kevin Nesbit’s shot resulted in an equaliser and more dropped points.
Where do we start on that equaliser!! Silly free kick to give away.. we don’t win 1st header.. keeper comes flapping.. hibs react quicker it’s 1-1 ..
— John Hartson (@JohnHartson10) January 11, 2021
1 week into recovery ! Knee replacement ?? pic.twitter.com/i502iSOSGS
— John Hartson (@JohnHartson10) January 12, 2021
Like the Scottish Cup Final and the Derby defeat at Ibrox the draw with Hibs was another summary of Celtic’s season to date.
Some pleasing phases, hints of promise but a killer vulnerability at the back that always threatens to be costly. Last night, again, it was costly.
Hibs are level in stoppage time! ??
Laxalt gives away a soft free kick before Hazard makes a mess of his attempted clearance, allowing Nisbet the chance to side-foot home!
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