After scoring last-minute winners against Dundee and Livingston in their previous two matches, the Hoops again left it late as Julian Araujo lashed home in the seventh minute of stoppage time at Rugby Park to secure a vital three points in the William Hill Premiership title race.
Celtic were woeful in the first half and trailed 2-0 after a Tyreece John-Jules curler and a Joe Hugill header, but hit back through Sebastian Tounekti’s wonder goal, Benjamin Nygren’s poked finish and Araujo’s late intervention.
In his 300th game in charge of Celtic, O’Neill likened his side’s resolve to that of his previous Hoops sides, though he admitted it was draining to continually watch his team leave it so late.
“Twenty-odd years ago,…