Mikoliunas in hot water
16 Oct 2006 - 09:02:53
Hearts midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas can expect an uncomfortable meeting with head coach Valdas Ivanauskas after being sent off during Sunday's 2-2 draw at Hibernian.
The Jambos recovered from the shock of conceding twice in the first 16 minutes to secure a point in the Edinburgh derby, thanks to a brace from Andrius Velicka.
The second of Velicka's goals came when Hearts were down to ten men after Mikoliunas collected his second caution of the game just before the hour mark.
Ivanauskas said: "It was not very clever for him. His first yellow card was very aggressive, it was not positive aggression for him.
"He is a young boy, and he wants to play in every game, he wants to try his best in every game.
"It was an experience for him, and we will have a discussion with him."
Aside from the red card, Ivanauskas was delighted about his side's performance.
He added: "It was a typical derby, with a lot of action. I have no questions about our performance, although, I was quite angry in the first 20 minutes, but I didn't think about losing.
"We are very good physically and psychologically, so after the first goal, there was no question. We wanted to win this game."