Lee Johnson has hailed Hibs' win over Celtic as a 'big night' for his troops.
The Easter Road side responded from going behind twice to pick up victory in a six-goal thriller with Elie Youan's double and solo goals from Kevin Nisbet and Paul Hanlon sending the home crowd wild and setting up a huge final day Edinburgh derby.
Hearts grabbed a last gasp draw at Ibrox but with the race for third over, fourth spot is now the aim and both clubs can still land that spot and guaranteed European football when they meet in the capital. Steven Naismith and his men hold a two point lead but Johnson and Co know victory over their city rivals would see them getting the passports out.
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It is likely both will end up in Europa Conference League qualifiers with a Celtic Scottish Cup win making that a reality. They are heavy favourites to defeat Inverness and complete the Treble but the Hibees will be determined to get the job done and not need to wait and hope that Ange Postecoglou's side do the job should they end the campaign fifth.
Reflecting on the result, he told Hibs TV: “It felt great. Again, we got to hear the best anthem in football, and we know when we get that we’ve beaten a top team.
“This was a big night for us and a big night for the players. They proved to themselves that we can compete. Second half we were outstanding. We changed the shape and moved into a diamond to go man for man with them in the way they build, and we went toe-to-toe with them.
“The second goal we conceded was unlucky, but apart from that we were outstanding. We had a bit of luck with the goalkeeper’s mistake, but we deserved that because of the amount of misfortune we’ve had over the course of the season.
“I’m so proud of everyone today, but we now have a big game on Saturday because we have the opportunity to go above Hearts.”
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