Hearts Football Club don show say dem serious for dis Scottish Premiership title race. Dem come from behind beat Motherwell 3-1 for Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Dis win mean say Hearts dey top of table with three points clear before Rangers match with Falkirk on Sunday.
Match start well for Motherwell as Emmanuel Longelo score first goal for di 50th minute. But Hearts no gree give up. Claudio Braga equalize di match with overhead kick wey sweet well well for di 60th minute. Na real tension dey ground as both teams dey fight for control.
Di game turn around completely when VAR intervene for di 87th minute. Referee check monitor after Stephen Welsh kick Pierre Landry Kabore for head inside penalty area. Lawrence Shankland step up take di penalty and score am coolly to put Hearts ahead. Kabore himself add third goal for stoppage time to seal di victory.
Hearts manager Derek McInnes talk say him team no just get luck. “Dem say sometimes better to be lucky than good, but I no agree,” McInnes yarn. “When you dey 1-0 down and you come back win match, na character you dey show. Our players dig deep find way to win.”
For him own side, Motherwell coach Jens Berthel Askou complain about di penalty decision. “I think na soft penalty,” Askou talk. “When referee decide say na penalty, we no fit do anything. But from there, di game just dey go out of our hand.”
Dis victory mean say Hearts go enter di league split as number one team. Di Scottish Premiership dey split into top six and bottom six for dis stage of season. Hearts next match na against Hibernian later dis month.
McInnes dey happy with how him strikers dey perform. Braga and Shankland don score 27 goals between dem for dis season. “I no go change these two players for anything,” di manager talk. “Shankland dey improve every day. Braga na energetic player wey no dey give defenders rest.”
For di other side, Celtic still dey pursue Hearts with three points behind after dem beat St Mirren 1-0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain score di only goal for Celtic. Rangers dey four points behind but dem get one game wey dem never play.
Hearts fans dey celebrate well well after di match. Dem dey sing “we shall not be moved” as dem dey watch their team maintain top position. Last time Hearts win Scottish league title na for 1960, and dis season dem get chance to break 66-year drought.
McInnes talk say di last five games of di season go dramatic. “I feel di weight of responsibility to make sure my players dey in their best form,” him add. “Motherwell na good team wey go test your organization for whole match. We go face dem again plus Falkirk, Rangers, Celtic and Hibs.”
Di Hearts manager lose defender Oisin McEntee to hamstring injury for late part of di match. But overall, McInnes dey satisfied with his squad depth as dem enter di crucial final matches of di season.
Motherwell still dey hold fourth position with chance to qualify for European competition. Dem get three points lead over Hibs before di post-split matches begin. Askou talk say him proud of his team performance despite di loss.
Tynecastle Stadium don become fortress for Hearts dis season. Dem never lose any home match, and dis record dey help dem maintain di top spot. As di title race dey heat up, all eyes dey on Hearts to see if dem fit maintain their lead until di end of season.
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