But their advantage over Rangers<\/a>, which once stood at 13 points, is down to two after Danny Rohl<\/a>‘s men twice came from behind to win a thriller at Ibrox<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chermiti<\/a> was much-maligned during the early months of his time in Glasgow following an unproductive spell at Everton<\/a>.<\/p>\n But five of the Portuguese under-21 international’s seven goals for the club have now come against Hearts and Celtic<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Jambos lost for the first time in six meetings against the two Glasgow giants this season, despite twice taking the lead in the first half through Marc Leonard<\/a> and Claudio Braga<\/a>.<\/p>\n Michael Steinwender<\/a>‘s own goal briefly brought Rangers level, and Chermiti made the most of a kind break of the ball to equalise for a second time before half-time.<\/p>\n Chermiti then powered in a header from Andreas Skov Olsen<\/a>‘s cross to put Rangers in front just before the hour.<\/p>\n He completed his first career hat-trick with a calm finish on the counter-attack in the 90th minute as the visitors chased an equaliser.<\/p>\n Celtic are three points off the top and have a game in hand over both their title rivals after a second-half revival at Rugby Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Hoops, who have won 13 of the last 14 Scottish Premiership titles, were headed towards a damaging defeat when goals from Tyreece John-Jules<\/a> and Joe Hugill<\/a> gave Killie<\/a> a deserved half-time lead.<\/p>\n Interim Celtic boss Martin O’Neill responded with a triple change and was rewarded with a second-half display which extended his unbeaten domestic run during two caretakers spells in charge this season.<\/p>\n One of the substitutes, Sebastian Tounekti<\/a>, curled a strike into the top corner to get Celtic going.<\/p>\n The visitors quickly levelled when Benjamin Nygren<\/a> profited from some slack Kilmarnock defending from a long throw.<\/p>\n But it took until the 96th minute to find the winner when right-back Julian Araujo<\/a> blasted in on his weaker left foot to spark wild scenes of celebration among the travelling support.<\/p>\n It is the third game in a row that O’Neill’s men have scored a vital goal deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n “It’s not great for my health. It’s really draining, honestly,” said the 73-year-old.<\/p>\n “Obviously, it’s unbelievably satisfying to win, and to win in the manner in which we did at the end was terrific.”<\/p>\n![\"Standings\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7d6aa3a2-f623-4de2-9495-c6357da577e1.jpg\" "\\"Standings\\"")
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