Depleted Celtic ended a day of intense scrutiny with a draw against Hibernian that leaves the defending champions 21 points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers.
Celtic, missing 13 isolating players and boss Neil Lennon after a positive Covid-19 test, moved into the lead through David Turnbull's free-kick.
But Kevin Nisbet struck in stoppage time to level for Hibs and take them to within a point of third-place Aberdeen.
Celtic still have three games in hand.
The preamble to the match had been dominated initially by controversy over Celtic's winter training camp in Dubai last week, with Nicola Sturgeon questioning the trip.
Then, after news of Christopher Jullien's positive coronavirus test on Monday morning, the first minister warned Scottish football not to "abuse" its privileges during lockdown as criticism of Celtic grew throughout the day.
Those considered close contacts of the injured French defender missed the game, as did Lennon and assistant boss John Kennedy, leaving coach Gavin Strachan - son of former Celtic boss Gordon - to oversee the team.
The unfamiliar line-up showed six changes, though one of those was enforced by Nir Bitton's suspension, and teenage American forward Cameron Harper was handed a debut.
Hibs' request for Celtic players to be retested pre-match was turned down and Jack Ross made five changes to his side, including giving a first appearance to on-loan Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey.
The visitors tried to stamp their authority on the game early on with Nisbet heading over and later testing Conor Hazard with a shot after Joe Newell's strike had been pushed out by the Celtic stopper.
Harper shot instead of passing from a promising position in Celtic's first incisive move and long-range efforts from Ismaila Soro and Laxalt drew fine saves from Macey.
Lewis Stevenson made his 500th Hibernian appearance as a half-time replacement for Josh Doig and Harper limped off to be replaced by another Celtic debutant Armstrong Oko-Flex on the hour.
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