There was an element of the numbers game today at a rain-sodden Rugby Park with Martin O’Neill taking his 300^th game in charge of Celtic, a 97^th-minute scorcher from Julian Araujo to take all three points and it was goal No.1 for the Mexican in Celtic colours.

At the end of the day, though, those three points are the most important thing, and all the sweeter in that they were, indeed, sealed right at the end of the day.

And they were the sweetest for none other than the Celt who smashed in that winning goal.

Araujo could hardly contain his delight when he spoke to Celtic TV immediately after the game – with a little help from an unexpected source.

The match-winner said: “I don’t think I’ve ever scored a goal like that.

“I think this is why everybody has told me what Celtic is, and now I know why.

'This is a feeling that I’ll never forget, a feeling that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.'

“It was probably one of the craziest atmospheres to have everybody run on like that and I’m excited and proud that we were able to get the three points.

“I don’t remember anything, I think I just lost myself in there.

“I had to enjoy it a little bit for the fans as they stuck through the 90 minutes with us, and obviously without them we wouldn’t have got it done today.”

After falling behind 2-0 to Kilmarnock in the first half, the men in green and white showed massive self-belief in themselves to fight for the three points

Araujo said: “Coming in a half-time we knew we played badly. It was as simple as that, we didn’t show up for the first half.

“In the second half, definitely from the first ball, we maintained a lot of possession.

“We knew that once we got one in, we were going to win. As soon as we got one in, we knew this was going to happen.

“We just had to believe in ourselves and stick to our principles, and we did that for the full 90 minutes and we were able to get the three points.”

Now watch the full interview with Julian Araujo for the surprise appearance at the end!

Julian Araujo and team’s self-belief for match-winner