The hard-fought 2-1 win, earned by first-half goals from Daizen Maeda and Arne Engels, moved the resurgent champions within two points of faltering William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts with a game in hand.

It was widely anticipated the trip to Easter Road would represent O'Neill's farewell outing, with the Hoops having planned to announce Wilfried Nancy as their new permanent boss on Monday.

But the 73-year-old Northern Irishman revealed ahead of kick-off he had received a call on Saturday to say "the process is still ongoing" and that "there's a really decent chance" he would still be in charge for Wednesday's visit of Dundee.

Hibs boss David Gray made three changes to the side that started the 2-0 defeat at Motherwell as Jack Iredale, Dan Barlaser and the suspended Grant Hanley mad

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