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Celtic slip up at Hibs as Josh Campbell brace foils Scottish Premiership leaders

Hibernian did what Bayern Munich could not as Josh Campbell's first-half double earned David Gray's in-form side a stirring 2-1 home win over William Hill Premiership leaders Celtic.

The Hoops were widely lauded for their display in Tuesday's 1-1 draw in the Allianz Arena as they exited the Champions League after conceding in stoppage time to the German giants.

But Brendan Rodgers' team were brought back to earth as they suffered only a second domestic defeat of the season at the hands of a Hibs side now unbeaten in 13 matches and tightening their grip on a top-six spot after a dire start to the season.

Campbell did the damage with goals at the start and end of the first half before the hosts had to withstand a second-half onslaught in which Daizen Maeda pulled one back and then had a late effort ruled out.

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Hibs boss Gray made three changes following Sunday's 0-0 draw at St Mirren, with midfielder Nathan Moriah-Welsh given his first start in six months and striker Kieron Bowie starting his first match for the club after being plagued by injury since joining from Fulham last summer.

There were also three changes to the Celtic XI that started in Munich as Greg Taylor, Luke McCowan and Republic of Ireland striker Adam Idah replaced Jeffrey Schlupp, Reo Hatate and Jota.

While it took Bayern until almost the last kick of the game to score against the Scottish champions, Hibs required less than two minutes.

Hoops defender Auston Trusty was drawn into the opposition half for a duel with Bowie and as the hosts worked the ball into the middle, Nectar Triantis drove forward and slipped the ball into the space left by the out-of-position centre-back, allowing Campbell to dart in and drill low past the exposed Kasper

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