Celtic have failed to take their chance to return to the top of the table after falling to a disappointing 2-0 loss against Hibernian.
Surprisingly, it is already Celtic's third Scottish Premiership defeat of the season. Brendan Rodgers side only lost four games in the entirety of their last campaign. A goal after 45 seconds for Vyniktas Slivka and a second-half strike from Florian Kamberi ensured Neil Lennon's team took all three points.
Lennon lined out with former Dundalk winger Daryl Horgan playing through the centre and the Irishman was superb throughout the tie. Speaking on BBC, Former Scotland striker Kenny Miller signalled Horgan out for praise: "Daryl Horgan has done a great job on Scott Brown today. He hasn't given a moment to settle on the ball."
Daryl Horgan was super in that first half always gives his side an option all the team,rolling the Celtic defence to easy though #HIBCEL
— Josh Bunting (@Buntingfootball) December 16, 2018
Lennon went on praise the Hibs fans in his post-match interview: "I'm proud of the players but most of all I'm pleased for the fans because they've been great for the team, and for me, during our bad run."
It was a disappointing result for Brendan Rodgers, who admitted after the game that "tactical discipline" let them down. They could fall to third if Rangers beat Hamilton later this afternoon. It means they have a huge end of year ahead, with games against Motherwell, Dundee, Aberdeen and Rangers all to come.
