Josh Campbell’s first-half double continued Hibernian’s superb form and inflicted leaders Celtic’s second Scottish Premiership defeat of the season.
Celtic – off the back of a heroic performance at Bayern Munich on Tuesday – struggled to find their usual tempo in the first hour.
Passes went astray, and the structured Hibs defence dealt with the barrage of crosses sent into their box.
Midfielder Campbell capitalised twice. First he found the bottom corner in the second minute to give the hosts a dream start, then he headed home Martin Boyle’s looping cross on the stroke of half-time to double the advantage.
David Gray’s side had chances to add to their tally, with Kieron Bowie and Lewis Miller both denied by Kasper Schmeichel in what was a superb all-round display.
Daizen Maeda pulled one back for the league-leaders on 68 minutes, and from there, Hibs had to resist an onslaught from Brendan Rodgers’ side.
The visitors’ belief and urgency increased and Jota thought he had found a leveller when he skipped around Jordan Smith but had his effort blocked on the line by the immense Rocky Bushiri.
Maeda then found the net again with seven minutes to go, but celebrations were cut short as the officials deemed the ball had crossed the bye-line before Alistair Johnston flashed his cross into the box.
Celtic protested the decision on the field, and replays appeared inconclusive as to whether the whole of the ball was out of play.
Regardless, Hibs held on to claim victory after a nervy eight minutes of injury time.
They are now unbeaten in their past 13 outings in all competitions and are very much in the race for third place.
More to follow.