Source: FOOTYMAD
Close But No Cigar
Hearts saw off Dundee United whose manager was full of praise for his players Dundee United headed home pointless after Hearts came back from the set back of losing an early goal to win 2-1 at Tynecastle. Despite the result, Tannadice manager Peter Houston had nothing but praise for his players as he felt his side were far from lacking against third-placed Hearts. In fact, he claimed United merited more plaudits for that defeat than they did for their recent emphatic win over Hibs, insisting: "I was really, really pleased with the performance. We beat Hibs 3-0 recently and we played better in this game. Football can be cruel at times and, when we lost the second goal, I didn't think we deserved to lose the match. We got a break when we got the penalty kick but, unfortunately for us, we missed it and the goalkeeper made the save. Personally, I look at the bigger picture. We had players out missing and seven under-21s in the squad and I see a lot of promise and potential in those players. I take more positives than I did when we beat Hibs. I can't ask the players for any more than that and I was delighted with their performance. I was just gutted that we got beat and I didn't think we deserved to lose. It was just a culmination of bad luck and two soft goals that we gave away." Hearts manager Jim Jefferies said: "I thought it was a decent game. They started better and sharper than us. I think they knew if they lost it would be very difficult for them. That's why they were the better team at the start and they got the goal to put them in front and they caused us a problem. But we responded really well and we finished the second half really well and had some really good chances. I think the best of the chances in the second half fell to Hearts, to be honest. It was all about getting the next goal and, when we got it, I thought we would see it out. If it had finished 2-2 I don't think many people would have been complaining but we had better chances to kill them off. Marian Kello saved well from the penalty and these are the things that go for you when the season is going well for you and I don't think anyone would say we didn't deserve it. It must have been a really good game to watch." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba net)This is ScottishFitba Net
