Daizen Maeda's quickfire double inspired Celtic to a 3-1 comeback win over Rangers as Martin O'Neill's team cut the gap to Hearts in the Scottish Premiership title race.

Mikey Moore tucked home in the ninth minute to put Rangers ahead at Celtic Park.

Yet that was about as threatening as Rangers got all game, as Danny Rohl's team slumped to a third straight defeat, which means they will finish third.

Yang Hyun-jun swept home an equaliser at the end of a slick team move in the 23rd minute. And the fervent home crowd had more to celebrate early in the second half, when Maeda diverted in from Kieran Tierney's low cross.

Maeda capped off the turnaround in sensational style four minutes later, sending an audacious bicycle kick looping into the top-right corner.

Bojan Miovski hit the crossbar for Rangers in stoppage time, but they never truly threatened a comeback of their own.

Celtic's win means they are a point off Hearts heading into the final two matches of the season, after the leaders drew 1-1 with Motherwell on Saturday.

Hearts can win the title on Wednesday should they beat Falkirk and Celtic lose to Motherwell. 

Any other scenario, however, means the title race will go to the final day, when Celtic host Hearts in what could be a winner-takes-all clash.

Data Debrief: Rangers' losing run rolls on

Not since January 2000 had Rangers lost three straight league games, but Rohl's team have now slumped to that unwanted feat.

Celtic, meanwhile, have reeled off five straight victories, which is their best run since O'Neill's first spell in charge this season, between October and December.

This was, however, Celtic's first league win over Rangers after a streak of six derbies without a victory, which was their longest such run since the 1990s.

Maeda was the hero. He has scored in three successive appearances in the league for the first time since March 2025, while he has three goals in his last four league games against Rangers at Celtic Park.