Celtic go to Motherwell on Wednesday while Hearts host Falkirk - then top two meet in Glasgow in final game next Saturday
Moore slides in from close range but Yang slams in Engels cut-back to level
The title race moves on to Wednesday night, for the penultimate round of fixtures.
We will have all that covered for you right here on the BBC Sport app and website, with commentaries on BBC Sounds and highlights on BBC iPlayer.
On we go...
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Celtic interim manager Martin O'Neill is delighted to win but admits they still have "two mountains to climb" in their bid to retain the Scottish title.
"It was a big win for us and I thought we were terrific in the second half, coming from behind against big rivals," he tells BBC Scotland.
"I couldn't be more delighted with the team and certain individuals were magnificent.
"The captain was magnificent and Daizen [Maeda] has pulled it through again.
"Rangers came to play and did well, but it was the manner we fought back."
Asked about what it means for the title race, he adds: "The midweek game is going to be extremely difficult - Motherwell are a fine footballing team.
"But the game at Dundee United when we questioned ourselves, the team have come roaring back The whole effort from the team has been terrific.
"We might fall short at the end of it all, who knows? But it's been a fabulous effort and we are roared on here by a raucous crowd who I believe have carried us through a few times."
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Martin O'Neill is full of praise for two-goal Daizen Maeda following the derby win.
"He is in a rich vein of form at the moment and it's delightful to see and he was sensational for us," Celtic's interim manager tells BBC Scotland.
"The negative part of the game, he is absolutely adept at that, but he galvanises the team too and he deserved the goals. They were brilliant."
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For the neutral, this is shaping up to be an epic end to the season.
Hearts could still win it on Wednesday night, if they beat Falkirk and Celtic lose to Motherwell. Both of those results are definitely possible.
However, the defending champions are starting to get that menacing quality back that they have had for most of the last 15 years.
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Neil Lennon
Former Celtic manager on Sky Sports
I would put Celtic as favourites, on current form. It's a two-horse race.
Martin O'Neill will want to go out winning the title. They were great second half.
All of a sudden, momentum's with them.
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Andy Halliday
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound
Martin O'Neill's had the same transfer window Danny Rohl's had and all of Celtic's January signings, none of them are in the starting line-up.
So what he's done is make all the players Celtic already had at their disposal better.
Danny Rohl will be the Rangers manager at the start of next season unless the Wolfsburg rumours are true.
But, like many Rangers managers in the past, he will have to start the season very well or the pressure will be on.
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Rangers head coach Danny Rohl admits "it hurts" and "makes us angry" that his side have not only slipped out of the title race but will now finish third.
"It is a very disappointing result," he tells BBC Scotland. "It was very competitive from both sides.
"We started well, but then it's football and to take something everything has to be perfect and in some moments we made some wrong decisions."
Asked why his side collapsed after the break, Rohl says: "It is a side who can be on the front foot at home - they scored at the right moment and created the energy and we lose 3-1."
The German says his side "have to learn very quick" from their poor finish to the season.
"We had a great position before the split and this is hard to take and we have to improve and develop quick," he adds.
"We have to learn in these key moments to be clinical and play without mistakes. We will learn from this.
"I will take a lot from the last three games to be prepared the best way possible. I will lead this group and I am clear about what we have to improve."
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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill tells Sky Sports: "You have to win the game. The whole team, the effort the team put in was immense.
"We scored the goals at the important moments, great goals that they were.
"Extraordinary performance from Daizen Maeda. His second goal was just unbelievable.
"We're playing strongly. We're playing for each other. We've got a massive game midweek now, massive game against a very, very talented side [Motherwell].
"We're still in it, we're still fighting and that's the most important thing to come out of today.
"If it's my last [Old Firm] game, then it's great to win. This team has fought valiantly."
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The wily old fox Martin O'Neill is giving his interviews just now and says it's "premature" to say his side are peaking at the right time.
We'll bring you his words shortly, as well as those of Rangers head coach Danny Rohl.
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Andy Halliday
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound
I think Danny Rohl's had a lot of praise for dragging Rangers into a title race when it all looked lost when Russell Martin was relieved of his position.
Deservedly so. Rangers were 13 points behind Hearts with a game in hand to make it 10.
They are now eight points behind, so as much as he has dragged Rangers back into the title race, it's also been him that's given it all up.
It is the first time Rangers have lost three in a row since 2000 when Dick Advocaat was manager.
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Their motto is "ready" - the only thing they are "ready" to do is fold faster than Superman on laundry day.
Gordon
I think the Rangers board need to think hard on whether the manager is the right person for the club, as it looks like another season with nothing to show for it.
Colin
Rangers have been out of kilter ever since Tavernier's missed-timed announcement. They lack confidence and I’ll be surprised if Rohl keeps his job after these three league defeats.
John
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Worth mentioning, Hearts are guaranteed to split the Old Firm.
The last team to achieve that was Aberdeen in 2017-18 when a certain Derek McInnes managed it in consecutive seasons.
The difference for Hearts is they can win the league, and they are guaranteed to be in next season's Champions League qualifiers.
If they take four points from Falkirk and Celtic then they will win a first title since 1960.
Celtic will have something to say about that, though.
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Celtic captain Callum McGregor tells Sky Sports: "Huge win, they all are, especially the home games. There's big expectations to go win the game and the manner we did was outstanding, considering the circumstances and the context of the season."
On Maeda's overhead kick, McGregor said: "Unbelievable. He keeps getting better better, the first finish trademark and the second, he's on cloud nine. The atmosphere in the stadium was something special.
"To win big games, you have to peak at the right time. The team is starting to look more like its usual self. It's about turning up and performing and making sure you win them.
"We started well, but you know Rangers are a threat on the counter. They have good ball carriers, a striker who is good on transition moments. We knew if we were too gung-ho, we would get picked off and that's what happened.
"It was a case of resetting. We had good momentum, got a goal at a good time and didn't really look back.
"It's in our hands. We just approach every game the same way we've always done, work as hard as we possibly can. We have to bring that to Wednesday night and that sets us up for the end of the week."
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Image source, PA MediaDaizen Maeda has just old Sky Sports, through a translator, his overhead kick was "lucky".
Come on, son.
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Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio Scotland
Celtic had that 15-20 minute period and it was enough for them to take care of it.
The guy who is going to get the headlines is Maeda.
Sometimes a guy scores a great goal, or two goals, and you think, well, is he really the best player? Yes, in this case and not just for that.
You always know he'll run his socks off, but he gets into the right positions.
He misses chances, but it has no affect on him. Fearless.
Then he's asked to do some donkey work in the final minutes and, yes, he'll do that as well. Terrific attitude.
Getting tight now...
Hearts host Falkirk on Wednesday while Celtic are at Motherwell.
Then the two meet next Saturday at Celtic Park in what could be an absolute epic.
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James McFadden
Former footballer on Sky Sports
Daizen Maeda, he's stepped up. Celtic are coming to the boil just at the right time.
That's their fifth league win in a row, their joint best run of the season.
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Neil Lennon
Former Celtic manager on Sky Sports
Celtic just blew them away second half. Two magnificent goals. Celtic were better, stronger. Rangers just went.
Celtic cut the gap to Hearts to a single point with two games to play.
Rangers are consigned to third place for the first time since 2018.
They took the lead through Mikey Moore after nine minutes, but Celtic managed three unanswered goals.
The crucial ones came in the space of four second-half minutes from Daizen Maeda, the second a superb overhead kick.
What a season.
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Andy Halliday
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound
Ultimately it's been that crazy four-minute spell that's been Rangers' undoing.
Celtic deserve it. They have been the better side in the second half and Rangers have just not had the answer.
A sensational Daizen Maeda overhead kick helped propel Celtic within a point of Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts, as a compelling Old Firm derby ended with Rangers condemned to a third-place finish.
Maeda's astonishing moment of quality, hooking the ball over his shoulder into the top left-hand corner of Jack Butland's net, sealed a crucial comeback victory for the defending champions.
It also tightens up an epic title race, with Celtic a point behind Hearts with two games to play and the sides meeting in Glasgow in the final game of the season next Saturday.
And it confirms both Celtic and Hearts will be in the Champions League qualifiers next season.
Martin O'Neill's side trailed to Mikey Moore's early opener here but were level by the break when a fine move enabled Hyun-Jun Yang to equalise.
If the first period was evenly contested, the second was an altogether different story with Maeda the difference-maker.
Hearts host Falkirk on Wednesday, while Celtic travel to Motherwell. Then the top two meet at Parkhead on Saturday
His first telling involvement was to turn in an excellent Kieran Tierney cross to put Celtic ahead for the first time.
If the noise which greeted that was deafening, the reaction to Maeda's second was off the decibel chart. Time seemed momentarily suspended as the Japan striker's overhead effort arced inexorably beyond Butland's flailing left hand.
It was a moment of outstanding quality which put the game beyond a dispirited-looking Rangers, who have now lost three league matches in a row for the first time in more than a quarter of a century.
At the other end of the scale, it's six wins in a row for O'Neill's Celtic in all competitions.
They know victory in their final two matches of the league season will secure an unlikely 14th Premiership crown in the last 15 seasons.
And with Hearts hosting Falkirk on Wednesday, while Celtic travel to Motherwell, it could all be decided by a winner-takes-all confrontation at Celtic Park on Saturday.
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Nothing tests your mettle more in a title race than going a goal down at home to your bitter rivals.
The way Rangers flew into this one, with wide men doubling up on Celtic down the flanks, could have unsettled the home side completely.
How would they recover from the loss of an early goal? They were level by half-time and two ahead midway through the next period. O'Neill will have asked his troops to up their game and they duly delivered.
A moment of genuine, world-class quality always helps of course.
Maeda's overhead wonder goal will be replayed over and over again. It was the physical manifestation of the control Celtic had wrested in the contest overall.
It was his second of the game. He could, and should, have had a hat-trick.
He's saved his very best form for these crucial end of season matches. Hearts will have to take note, should things come to the crunch at Celtic Park in six days' time.
It should be added, all of Celtic's goals were good. Maeda's first was a smart finish from an excellent Tierney cross, and Yang's equaliser was built by Luke McCowan and Arne Engels and superbly dispatched by the South Korean.
Where do you start? Three big post-split fixtures, three defeats.
Manager Danny Rohl had labelled them all as 'cup finals' but they lost them all, against Motherwell, Hearts and now Celtic.
Questions have been asked of his side's mentality. They have not come up with many answers.
Rangers were top of the league on goal difference not so long ago, while Hearts played the next day. They're now condemned to finish in third place, a long way off the pace.
They went close in the final moments when substitute Bojan Miovski rattled the woodwork with a header.
It sums up their whole season - close but not good enough. Yet another summer of introspection lies ahead at Ibrox.
Martin O'Neill post Rangers victory
Celtic interim manager Martin O'Neill: "It was a big win for us and I thought we were terrific in the second half, coming from behind against big rivals.
"I couldn't be more delighted. Certain individuals were magnificent. The captain was magnificent and Daizen [Maeda] has pulled it through again.
"The midweek game is going to be extremely difficult - Motherwell are a fine team. We might fall short at the end of it all, who knows?
"But it's been a fabulous effort and we are roared on here by a raucous crowd who I believe have carried us through a few times."
Rangers head coach Danny Rohl: "It is a very disappointing result. We started well, but then it's football and to take something everything has to be perfect and in some moments we made some wrong decisions.
"We had a great position before the split and this is hard to take and we have to improve and develop quick. We have to learn in these key moments to be clinical and play without mistakes. We will learn from this.
"I will take a lot from the last three games to be prepared the best way possible. I will lead this group and I am clear about what we have to improve."
Rohl 'Angry & disappointed' after Celtic defeat
Celtic go to Fir Park on Wednesday knowing a win against Motherwell (20:00 BST) would force a final-day decider at Celtic Park on Saturday against Hearts (12:30).
Rangers host Hibs at the same time with nothing at stake other than pride, given they can no longer finish higher than third.
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 32 | 77 |
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| 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 70 | 39 | 31 | 69 |
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| 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 23 | 58 |
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| 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 14 | 54 |
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| 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 49 |
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| 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 48 | 59 | -11 | 43 |
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| 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 50 | -12 | 40 |
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| 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 56 | -18 | 39 |
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| 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 66 | -23 | 34 |
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| 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 54 | -27 | 30 |
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| 36 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 71 | -32 | 20 |
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| 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 35 | 24 | 67 |
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| 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 54 |
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| 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 46 |
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| 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 28 |
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Celtic are without a win in their last six league meetings with Rangers (D3 L3), last going longer without a win in league Old Firm derbies from September 1995 to November 1997 (10).
Rangers have won both of their last two league visits to Celtic, as many as their previous 19 beforehand (W2 D4 L13). The Gers last won three successive league trips to their Old Firm rivals in November 1992 under Walter Smith.
Celtic have only won the final Old Firm derby of a Scottish Premiership season (including curtailed 2019-20 campaign) in one of the last seven seasons (D2 L4), a 2-1 win in 2023-24.
Celtic have won each of their last four league games; their longest winning run of this season is five matches, which came during Martin O’Neill’s first spell in charge of the campaign from October to December.
Rangers have lost both of their last two league games, as many as their previous 39 beforehand (W21 D16 L2), but haven’t lost three in a row since October 2000 under Dick Advocaat.
After overseeing a 3-1 victory at Celtic Park in January, Danny Röhl could become only the second ever manager to win both of his first two away league games against Celtic in charge of Rangers, after Walter Smith (first 3 from 1991 to 1992).
Daizen Maeda has scored three goals in Celtic’s last two league games, as many as his previous 20 Scottish Premiership appearances beforehand. Maeda is looking to score in three successive appearances in the competition for the first time since March 2025 (run of 5), while he has two goals in his last three league games against Rangers at Celtic Park.
Youssef Chermiti has scored four goals in two Scottish Premiership appearances against Celtic this season, the most by a Rangers player in a single league campaign since Mark Walters in 1988-89 (also 4). No player has ever scored five against their Old Firm rivals in one league season.
