JUNIOR ADAMU’S first appearance for Celtic belongs in the realms of fantasy.

The Austrian international striker signed a short-term loan deal with an option to buy at the champions from French side Lorient on deadline day.

Martin O’Neill named him in his squad for the Scottish Cup Fourth Round encounter with Dundee at Parkhead yesterday and Adamu was pitched into the fray as an 80th-minute substitute for fellow-new Bhoy Tomas Cvancara.

The Hoops were a goal adrift and heading for the competiton’s exit when Adamu came off the substitutes’ bench.

DELIGHT AND DESPAIR…Junior Adamu turns away in joy after snatching Celtic’s last-gasp equaliser while a Dundee defender holds his head in grief. 

With three seconds to go, the lively 24-year-old raider struck with a clever flick to turn in a low left-wing cross from Sebastian Tounekti to force the game into extra-time.

The Tunisian flanker settled the outcome with with a sizzling low drive just over a minute into the added-on time to make sure the Hoops, winners of the famous old trophy a record 42 times, took their place in this evening’s quarter-final draw.

A beaming Adamu, speaking to Celtic TV, exclaimed: “It’s amazing. I feel...