Hibs Fight Hard, Fall to Celtic

0:00It's May 3rd. From your city to your ears, this is Edinburgh News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Hibbs just took a tough 2-1 loss to Celtic at Easter Road, marking their first back-to-back home league defeats in almost two years. Celtic grabbed the win with goals from days in Mayda and sub-kelechi e-hanacho, while Joe Newell pulled one back for Hibbs right before halftime. Despite the defeat, Hibbs showed real grit against the league leaders. After David Gray shook things up with four changes after last week's Derby flop, Jordan Smith back in goal after 232 days out. Canaio Megwa stepping in for the suspended Felix Passlack in a few midfield tweaks. Celtic's Martin O'Neill went with two swaps too, bringing in Alistair Johnston and Sebastian Tenechte up top. The crowd was light with some season ticket holders staying away, but Hibbs shut down any talk of rolling over to help Celtic chase hearts at the top. They battled hard, even after Jamie McGrath got a straight red in the 20th minute for a

1:01wild tackle on Johnston, confirmed by VAR. Celtic dominated but couldn't break through to the 40th, when Mayda tapped in after a slick 1-2 VAR, cleared the offside flag. Hibbs levelled when Celtic keeper, Viljami Senesalo, flubbed it, gifting Newell the equalizer, despite another long VAR look. Both sprake subs kept a pressure on, Ahioniccho sealing it off a corner flick. Hibbs pushed late with fresh legs like Dane Scarlet and Antesudo, coming inches from a tie, but Celtic held firm amid some time wasting yellows. Gray squad fought to the end, keeping their heads up in this tight title race.