Source: Team_Talk
Jefferies: Emphatic win was deserved
Hearts boss Jim Jefferies felt the comprehensive 4-0 victory over Elgin City was the least his side deserved in the Co-op Cup on Tuesday night.[LNB] The SPL side eased into the third round with two goals in each half against the Third Division strugglers.[LNB]Eggert Jonsson and Kevin Kyle, making his first start for Hearts, netted before the interval with Arvydas Novikovas and substitute Scott Robinson providing gloss to the scoreline.[LNB]Jefferies felt his charges could have plundered even more, but the heroics of Steven Dunn in the Moray men's goal kept the tally down.[LNB]He said: "It was one of those nights. Justice would have been 5-0 at half-time, but credit to the goalie, he kept it down to two-nothing.[LNB]"You are looking for that third goal to kill them off which came.[LNB]"I think then after that we knew the game was won and we were a bit slack, people tired like Kevin.[LNB]"We gave it away too much for my liking but wee Scott came on and got a great little finish. Four-nil was well justified I think.[LNB]"The lower-division clubs are looking for a shock but there was so much gulf in class. They did well to keep the score down to four."[LNB]Given Elgin had conceded 13 goals in three opening league defeats to their season, a 4-0 result was not an embarrassment at Tynecastle.[LNB]Indeed, they had chances after the interval but Janos Balogh kept them at bay.[LNB]Elgin manager Ross Jack added: "Our goalkeeper did very well.[LNB]"They had a barrage of shots, but we defended well - we had to try and keep them out. Their first goal took a wicked deletion and the third.[LNB]"But they are a great team and they passed the ball extremely well, loads of energy, loads of pace, worked extremely hard.[LNB]"They gave our boys a bit of a lesson but I don't think we were disgraced and gave a good account of ourselves, especially in the second half.[LNB]"We broke forward and had a couple of half-chances."
