O'Neill says longer stay unlikelypublished at 15:08 GMT 30 November 2025
FT: Hibernian 1-2 Celtic
Celtic interim manager Martin O'Neill: "Delighted to win. Hibs are very strong and a good side. To win after the excursions of Thursday night is very pleasing.
"First goal was through pressing, the second is a magnificent move. The second half I knew Hibs would come strong. It was a long way home. That's when the tiredness sets in. so for us to see the game through was remarkably pleasing.
"We played some really, really lovely football again [in the first half]. The last 20-odd minutes [in the second half], I was so, so pleased with the team."
O'Neill reiterated that Wednesday's game against Dundee at Celtic Park is likely to be his last in interim charge.
However, on the prospect of staying on longer, he adds: "I don't think that's going to happen. The new manager has got to get himself together and stamp his own personality on the team and prepare himself for January to try to enhance the squad."
On what Celtic means to him, he says: "Everything. Absolutely everything. I remember when my father said to me when I was a player, 'if Celtic come for you, you go there'.
"The second best thing is managing the team. And they've come for me twice."
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