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Bojan Miovski's delightful finish had Aberdeen ahead at PittodrieNicolas Kuhn's first Celtic goal was not enough to inspire the wasteful Scottish Premiership leaders to a comeback victory at managerless Aberdeen.
The German winger came off the bench to send a deflected strike past home goalkeeper Kelle Roos after being assisted by fellow winter signing Adam Idah.
That fortuitous leveller ruled out Bojan Miovski's stunning opener, scored with Aberdeen's first shot after a first half during which Celtic ought to have killed the game.
Early signs were ominous for the hosts as poor defending allowed Luis Palma, who was just offside, to eventually turn in a rebound before VAR intervened.
The Honduras winger then clipped the crossbar with a back-post strike, as did Paulo Bernardo with a lofted effort over Roos, who somehow went into the break without conceding.
But within five minutes of the second period, Miovski's 19th goal of the season, curled beautifully past Joe Hart into the far corner, gave the Pittodrie side a shock lead.
The introductions of Kuhn and debutant Idah, coupled with a change of shape, provided Celtic with more attacking verve as Matt O'Riley struck the outside of the near post just after the equaliser.
Aberdeen did not retreat, though, and could have claimed a seismic victory as Graeme Shinnie was thwarted at close range by Hart before Miovski saw an offside flag deny him a late winner.
The draw means the hosts remain eighth, while Celtic move six points clear at the top - but a win for Rangers, who have two games in hand, against bottom side Livingston later on Saturday will reduce the gap to three.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Aberdeen
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Roos
- 2Devlin
- 6Gartenmann
- 5Jensen
- 3MacKenzie
- 8Barron
- 4ShinnieBooked at 24mins
- 21PolvaraSubstituted forHenriques de Barros Lopesat 77'minutes
- 18PhillipsSubstituted forClarksonat 62'minutes
- 7McGrathBooked at 54mins
- 9MiovskiBooked at 56mins
Substitutes
- 10Clarkson
- 11Henriques de Barros Lopes
- 17Hayes
- 19Sokler
- 20Morris
- 23Duncan
- 27MacDonald
- 28Milne
- 31Doohan
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 2Johnston
- 17NawrockiBooked at 25minsSubstituted forWelshat 77'minutes
- 5Scales
- 25BernabéiSubstituted forRalstonat 59'minutes
- 33O'Riley
- 42McGregor
- 28Gonçalves BernardoSubstituted forIdahat 59'minutes
- 11AbadaSubstituted forKühnat 59'minutes
- 8Furuhashi
- 7PalmaSubstituted forVataat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Idah
- 10Kühn
- 15Holm
- 29Bain
- 39Vata
- 48Kelly
- 49Forrest
- 56Ralston
- 57Welsh
Live Text
Match ends, Aberdeen 1, Celtic 1.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 1, Celtic 1.
Attempt missed. Stephen Welsh (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt O'Riley with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Duk.
Attempt blocked. Rocco Vata (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jamie McGrath.
Attempt missed. Adam Idah (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rocco Vata with a cross.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Nicky Devlin.
Foul by Nicolas Kühn (Celtic).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rocco Vata (Celtic).
Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Celtic. Rocco Vata replaces Luis Palma.
Offside, Aberdeen. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Idah.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Alistair Johnston (Celtic).
Attempt missed. Matt O'Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Duk replaces Dante Polvara.
Substitution, Celtic. Stephen Welsh replaces Maik Nawrocki.
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Aberdeen
Squad number24Player nameRoos
Squad number2Player nameDevlin
Squad number6Player nameGartenmann
Squad number5Player nameJensen
Squad number3Player nameMacKenzie
Squad number8Player nameBarron
Squad number4Player nameShinnie
Squad number21Player namePolvara
Squad number18Player namePhillips
Squad number7Player nameMcGrath
Squad number9Player nameMiovski
Squad number10Player nameClarkson
Squad number11Player nameDuk
Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number2Player nameJohnston
Squad number17Player nameNawrocki
Squad number5Player nameScales
Squad number25Player nameBernabéi
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number28Player namePaulo Bernardo
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number7Player namePalma
Squad number9Player nameIdah
Squad number10Player nameKühn
Squad number39Player nameVata
Squad number56Player nameRalston
Squad number57Player nameWelsh
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