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On Wednesday, in the 32nd round of the Scottish Premier League matches in the Edinburgh derby, the city neighbor suffered a defeat and significantly jeopardized their chances of fighting for the third place, which guarantees a spot in the next season's UEFA Cup tournament.
Due to disqualification, they had to miss this game, and the match started with the player sitting on the bench, and he ran onto the field from the beginning of the game.
The hosts dominated the first half, and the most active player among them was Česnauskis, constantly tearing apart the opponents' defense with his runs and passes. In the 21st minute, following a great pass by the Lithuanian, M.Burchillas missed a good chance, soon after his pass, the defender almost scored an own goal.
After playing half an hour, "Hearts" still failed to capitalize on the created opportunities to score - P.Hartley, initially opting for a shot instead of passing to D.Česnauskis, corrected his mistake in the next episode and passed the ball to the Lithuanian, but his dangerous pass was intercepted by G.Caldwell.
However, in the 40th minute, "Hearts" broke through when after a shot by L.Miller the ball unexpectedly bounced off the crossbar and ended up in the net. Trying to equalize, the "Hibernian" players started the second half more actively and scored a goal in the 60th minute, but it was disallowed due to offside.
In the 67th minute, J.Robertson replaced the injured team leader P.Hartley with M.Kiža, and just a minute later the score became level - G.O'Connor took advantage of the confusion in the penalty area and equalized the score. The initiative shifted to "Hibernian," and just five minutes later, after a rebounded ball, D.Shiels sent the ball into the net.
Shocked by the sudden turn of events, the "Hearts" players failed to recover and had to admit defeat to their opponents. With six games remaining, "Hibernian" solidified their third position with 56 points, fourth with 52 points is , while "Hearts" have 48 points and occupy the fifth place.
A big surprise in this round was , who defeated 1-0 away and allowed another Glasgow club to return to first place after a crushing 4-0 victory against . Meanwhile, in other matches, narrowly won against .
