{"id":755933,"date":"2026-02-10T23:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/755933\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:13:12","slug":"heart-of-midlothian-v-hibernian-hosts-extend-lead-with-late-derby-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/755933\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian: Hosts extend lead with late derby winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The euphoric scenes at the end, from both Hearts fans and McInnes, painted a picture. An outpouring of emotion, of exultation after 88 minutes of sheer anxiety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hearts weren&#8217;t great. Even the most ardent fan would admit that. At times, it seemed Hibs had their number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite the attacking XI named by the head coach, there was a timidity up front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With the spine of the team ripped out &#8211; Craig Halkett suspended, Cammy Devlin and Lawrence Shankland injured &#8211; players are yet to truly step up and fill their absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, they came through it thanks to Magnusson&#8217;s late goal. Harry Milne, impressive throughout, whipped a low ball in that the substitute poked home. Queue delirium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This unlikely quest has been built on moments. Stuart Findlay&#8217;s late goal at Tannadice. Alexandros Kyziridis&#8217; late goal at Almondvale. Halkett&#8217;s winner in the last derby at Tynecastle. Craig Gordon&#8217;s save at Dens Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is another moment that will give the squad belief. Maybe, just maybe, it is their year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The euphoric scenes at the end, from both Hearts fans and McInnes, painted a picture. An outpouring of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-755933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-news","tag-northern-ireland","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116048874945343458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}