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Hello, good evening and welcome to Sportscene. | :00:00. | :00:20. | |
An absolute duty! Is this a bit of history? It is! | :00:21. | :00:37. | |
Coming to you live from the nation's capital, it is Saturday Night Live, | :00:38. | :00:54. | |
starring two of the top's most successful teams. This is the fourth | :00:55. | :01:07. | |
time this has happened. Featuring some of the country's brightest | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
talents. That is brilliant from Hayes. What a goal from Niall | :01:15. | :01:24. | |
McGinn! It is a glory goal. Tynecastle is rocking now. With two | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
of the touchline's top performers. Anything could happen. It's the | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
Scottish Cup fourth round. It's Saturday Night Live with your host, | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
Rob Maclean. I do like an understated | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
introduction. Taking centre stage in the Scottish capital, two teams who | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
have won the Scottish Cup 15 times between them, it is Hearts against | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
Aberdeen, live on the BBC. Our guests are Michael Stewart and | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
Willie Miller. The big Scottish Cup story so far today centres on lead | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
to Annan Athletic who only joined the senior school set up in 2008. | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
They have beaten Hamilton by 4-1. Plaudits for Stirling Albion who | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
held Inverness Cali pistol to a goalless draw and Dunfermline one | :02:21. | :02:29. | |
2-2 against Ross County. All the highlights later. Another Scottish | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
Cup story is about to unfold at Tynecastle. Our man which side is | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
Chris MacLachlan. The atmosphere is building up | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
nicely. Hearts had not scored in this competition since they famously | :02:44. | :02:51. | |
beat Hibernian 5-1 in the final in 2012. Let's look at the men that | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
Robbie Neilson turns to this evening. Juanmi drops to the bench. | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
Alim Ozturk comes to the centre of defence. | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
As for the Dons, they have a 100% record against Hearts in the league | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
this season, but they have never beaten them in the cup here at | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
Tynecastle. A recognisable starting XI. | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
The wide men of Hayes and McGinn are always dangerous, as is the striker, | :03:31. | :03:41. | |
Adam Reynolds. And intriguing starting XI. What is your thinking? | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
I brought Osman back in. He has been the main striker. He is ready to | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
come back in. I think it has make it stronger, the changes. Tynecastle | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
under the lights, this could be a cracker. I think it will lead great | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
game, two teams desperate to get through. A big crowd, it should be a | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
great game. I love it. You want to beat big teams. If you want to win | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
the cup, you have to beat the best teams. Thank you. | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
A familiar starting XI. Always good as a manager to go with the tried | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
and tested? I think so. The team is very similar to the team which won | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
it against Hearts a few weeks back at Pittodrie. Niall McGinn is in. We | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
have trusted players and hopefully we will get the level of performance | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
we are used to getting. It will take a good performance from us today. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
When you come up against a competitive team like Hearts. Safe | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
to say you would rather have done without Hearts at this stage? When | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
the draw is made, you see similar ties. There were easier ties, that | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
goes without saying, but the best way of looking at it for us if it is | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
a brilliant game to be involved in and to win. Ultimately, McGinn will | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
see us into the next round. We want a performance to win it. It is a | :05:12. | :05:19. | |
5:30pm kick-off, Hearts against Aberdeen at Tynecastle. Less than | :05:20. | :05:22. | |
ten minutes away. Let's pick out a couple of key players. For Hearts, | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
three changes, no Juanmi, but the player who has grabbed you is Arnaud | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Sutchuin Djum, the Belgian midfielder. He made a big impact | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
Sutchuin Djum, the Belgian when he checked in. He has been | :05:39. | :05:38. | |
impressive since he got when he checked in. He has been | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
team. He settled in quickly. when he checked in. He has been | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
highlighted him in quite a few clips. Once he has made the pass, he | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
doesn't stand and admire it. This was a fantastic ball across the goal | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
that Craig Gordon did really well to save. As the ball comes into him, he | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
is in the half turn, driving it into the box, a very similar ball across | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
as to the Celtic game. This one from a bit deeper, he drives into the box | :06:05. | :06:06. | |
and get on the a bit deeper, he drives into the box | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
knows where the back of the net is. It will be interesting to see how | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Hearts set up in the midfield. I It will be interesting to see how | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
don't, he could play out wide or behind the striker. It will be | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
interesting to see how they settle on the formation. Jonny Hayes is a | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
favourite of you. How could you pick one? It is difficult, but Niall | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
McGinn has the edge on both of them. Both fantastic players. McGinn, the | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
great Creator. His delivery into the box from that free kick, superb. His | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
movement is wonderful. He gets his head up as well. He is the type of | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
player who plays with his head up. He goes back at defenders easily. | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
This is just superb, isn't it, from a deep area, running into a space, | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
prepared to take that chance? He gets the ball over the top, gets | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
into an area he shouldn't get out of... This goal has a health warning | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
for all Hearts fans. Incredible, defensively. You have to hand it to | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
Niall McGinn. He beat one defender, he sizes up the situation, he sees | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
Paterson, he seizes opportunity, picks his spot and put it where he | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
wants to put it, the back of the net. There are two sides to the | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
story. A great Aberdeen goal, but a shocker for Hearts, and presumably | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
they will have watched that back a few times to try to ensure it | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
doesn't happen tonight. Of course, but this is the thing about these | :07:48. | :07:54. | |
two guys, they want to go in behind defences. As a defender, that is | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
where you don't want guys to go. You don't want to have to turn and face | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
your own goal and run back. It is too seldom in the modern game, where | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
guys are not wanting to turn around behind. It causes problems. Hearts | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
will have to try and mitigate Niall McGinn's runs in behind. How does | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
that potentially impact psychologically and what happens in | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
this game? I think it helps, the manner that Aberdeen played in the | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
first half at Tynecastle last time. Saying that, Derek McInnes and the | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
players will know it will be a tough night. They know it is an | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
intimidating atmosphere. The page is fabulous to play on. Under the | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
floodlights, it should lift them. As far as Aberdeen are concerned, the | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
fact that they had beaten Hearts twice, the second game at Pittodrie | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
very close, I think that gives them the edge. I feel that they have got | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
be slightly more creative players. Hearts are very strong, good | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
defensively, but I think Aberdeen and McGinn and Hayes and McLean, and | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
we haven't even spoken about the main goal-scorer, Adam Rooney, as | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
well. When he gets himself into the right position, and Hayes and McGinn | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
are on form, Aberdeen are a potent force. They are huge players for | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
Aberdeen. Aberdeen do well, the guys Willie has mentioned are bidding in | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
a performance. I look at the game tonight and I think, very much like | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
the Celtic game at Tynecastle, if Hearts are going to get anything out | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
of this game they have to get on the front foot and put Aberdeen under | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
pressure. The games that Aberdeen and Hearts have played so far this | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
season, Hearts have been to posit -- passive and allowed Aberdeen to | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
dominate. If Hearts are going to get anything out of this, they have to | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
get on the front foot and put the pressure and Aberdeen. Their real | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
strength is at the top end of the pitch. The teams are in the tunnel | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
at Tynecastle. What a tie it promises to be. Hearts against | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
Aberdeen for a place in the last 16 of the William Hill Scottish Cup. | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
Your commentary team, Craig Paterson and Liam McLeod. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
Good evening. How many times do we hear the phrase under the lights | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
mentioned in the last ten or 15 minutes? There is something special | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
about Tynecastle when that is the case. Indeed, this evening kick-off | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
on a Saturday is poised, and it has certainly got a chance of being up | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
there with a true Scottish Cup classic. We will see. It is | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
certainly two sides who are by and large been good form, but it is | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
hardly betide that either of them dreamt of when the draw was made for | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
the fourth round. As we heard from Robbie Neilson, you have to beat the | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
good teams if you are going to lift the silverware. For Hearts and | :10:57. | :10:58. | |
Aberdeen, it begins to decamp from the Scottish Cup at | :10:59. | :11:30. | |
this stage for either of these two would be a savage blow on their | :11:31. | :11:41. | |
respective campaigns. Huge travelling support down from the | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
north east today. If Hearts fans have come out in large numbers as | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
well. Aberdeen have sold their entire allocation, just over 3500 | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
have made the trip south. The conditions have been great -- | :11:58. | :12:00. | |
haven't been great up in the north-east these last couple of | :12:01. | :12:09. | |
days. Robbie Neilson, dropping Juanmi to the bench, so Eeyore at | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
each drops to left-back. Miguel Pallardo also returns to the fold | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
for the first time the game at Pittodrie a month back. That was his | :12:19. | :12:25. | |
last start. Osman Sow replaces a suspended player. The captain, Ryan | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
Jack, is expected to be out until the end of February. Derek McInnes | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
has not struggled to shuffle his pack when it has been necessary. | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
Liam and -- Liam Shinnie goes into the side alongside Willo Flood. Adam | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
Rooney is chasing his 15th goal of the season as he spearheaded the | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
attack. Dons at full strength. Plenty of options for both teams. | :12:53. | :13:01. | |
Aberdeen's David Goodwillie scored twice when Aberdeen won it there in | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
September. The man in charge is 33-year-old John Beaton, who was | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
here when Hearts lost the League Cup at the hands of Celtic in October. | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
Derek McInnes against Robbie Neilson. It has been McGuinness who | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
has come out on top in the two meetings so far. It was 3-1 year to | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
September best in September to Aberdeen. The 13th meeting in this | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
competition for two of the most successful clubs in the Scottish | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
Cup. Hearts have won it eight times. They and seven. You have to go back | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
to 1990 to find their last lifting of the Scottish Cup. It is Aberdeen, | :13:55. | :14:03. | |
in black and white, and kick off. Hearts in maroon. The most famous | :14:04. | :14:04. | |
meeting between these two of the Hearts in maroon. The most famous | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
final, which Aberdeen one 3-0. Dundee made the headlines on the | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
final day of that league season. Craig Paterson with me today. It is | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
going to be tight, isn't it? I think so. I think Aberdeen came out better | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
in the previous games this season, dominating in the early part of the | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
game. Hearts will not want to let that happen tonight. Aberdeen's | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
latest form isn't great, just two wins in their last 12 visits. | :14:43. | :14:53. | |
Beaton, as possession goes to the visitors. | :14:54. | :15:03. | |
They are shooting towards the school and, as they like to do, in | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
They are shooting towards the school first half, at home. It was | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
Nicholson, who is having a fine season. | :15:14. | :15:21. | |
Boss gets it back from Nicholson. It might come to Sow here. A good start | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
to the game by the hosts. That's a wonderful ball | :15:33. | :15:34. | |
to the game by the hosts. That's a defenders, Mark Reynolds new facing | :15:35. | :15:37. | |
his own goal, one option, take no chances, get the ball | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
his own goal, one option, take no He had to spread from left Centre | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
halves to write, to cover Taylor. He did so. | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
Danny Ward between the sticks on loan from Liverpool, just organising | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
his rearguard for the first assault. Nicholson's dinked delivery. Ozturk! | :16:01. | :16:08. | |
his rearguard for the first assault. Callum Paterson! It's a dream start | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
for Hearts, and they have finally scored in the Scottish Cup for the | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
first time since they won the final in 2012. Well, here's an incredible | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
goal thread. He's a good defender but at the other end he just scores, | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
week after week. It's a clever corner. He's on his toes and a great | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
flick in behind Danny Ward. Quality goalkeeper, Callum Paterson. He was | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
hungry, he got his head on the ball and has opened the scoring for | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
Hearts. It's a sixth goal of the season for Hearts's. Silences the | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
Aberdeen supporters behind Danny Ward's goal, and it's certainly | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
given Derek McInnes' meant something to think about in these early | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
stages. Hearts in front against Aberdeen for the | :16:58. | :17:09. | |
You mentioned he was a goal threat, Paterson, he played a big chunk of | :17:10. | :17:17. | |
his early Hearts career in the first team as a striker. Yes, it's | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
difficult up there because genuinely a wing back, | :17:22. | :17:23. | |
difficult up there because genuinely athlete but he's so good in the | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
errand if you get him at the back post you will help yourself to a few | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
goals. Aberdeen's last Scottish Cup tie was at dens Park against Dundee | :17:34. | :17:36. | |
and they conceded late. They've conceded early at the start of their | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
subsequent tie, which they had to wait a while for. They played in the | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
competition in 2015 -- they didn't play in the competition in 2015. | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
Hearts free kick. Well, when you settle down the night | :17:54. | :18:05. | |
before a game, you dream of an early goal and Robbie Neilson Wilby | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
absolutely delighted -- he will be absolutely delighted. They have | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
begun the game on the front foot and been rewarded for it. It's the | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
perfect start, you are at home, you have a goal, you have the crowd on | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
board, it allows you to dictate. They will go into the midfield area | :18:25. | :18:25. | |
and ask questions. That's the goal-scorer with the long | :18:26. | :18:36. | |
throw. He grabs onto it, snuffs it out. A | :18:37. | :18:51. | |
lot been made of the size of the Hearts team, people say the | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
physical. Every time they come into the box they are not allowing | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
Aberdeen to clear the first ball and clear the box. They will continue to | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
do that. From long throws, corner kicks, they will keep getting the | :19:03. | :19:04. | |
ball in there. Aberdeen will want to respond. It's | :19:05. | :19:17. | |
been a shaky start by them. A couple of draws in their last two games, | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
one was better than the other. They came from 2-0 down to salvage a | :19:22. | :19:29. | |
point against Caley Thistle. An -- 0-0 draw to Partick Thistle. They | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
spend not once but twice the chance to go to the top of the league. -- | :19:36. | :19:37. | |
spurned. Very similar to the ball that led to | :19:38. | :19:50. | |
the corner that led to the goal. It's just a long ball, back to | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
front, turned in the Aberdeen defenders, put them on the defensive | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
and moving Hearts 50 yards up the park. He's a real hero around these | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
parts, Ozturk, he arrived park. He's a real hero around these | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
summertime. Nicholson plays it back across. Almost. | :20:13. | :20:24. | |
That's McGinn for Aberdeen, looking to send Rooney away. It's quality | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
again from Hearts and it's the same ball, back post, win the header | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
across the goal, if the striker can make up the ground it's a tap in. He | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
doesn't make the best of it but it's been a great start. Sam Nicholson | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
comes on the back post, great header back across, no takers therefore | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
Hearts. It's all about the ball. Sam Nicholson is on the move, going | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
backwards and forwards, always winning that. The good news for | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
Aberdeen is the fact the goal came early, they have practically a whole | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
cup tie to retrieve the situation and it's not like it's a Hearts team | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
that is picking up clean sheet have to clean sheet. They do struggle to | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
keep the opposition out. Ozturk, who is at the heart of the defence | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
tonight, hasn't played much. August in shifts away from Rooney. -- | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
Augustyn. Kenny McLean arrived at the club | :21:24. | :21:46. | |
almost a year ago. Derek McInnes was saying he doesn't expect to make any | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
transfers over the next few weeks, during the winter transfer window. | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
Happy to go with the squad Here is Pallardo. Graeme Shinnie | :21:57. | :22:10. | |
sliding in a challenge there, Caley Thistle's skipper. Here is Sow gain. | :22:11. | :22:20. | |
Reynolds can't handle Sow. Yes, once again it's a wonderful turn from | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
Osman. He is quick over the ground, Mark Reynolds says if you are going | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
to make a tackle outside the box, brings him down, yellow card for | :22:30. | :22:31. | |
Mark Reynolds but it's another chance for Hearts. | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
You would expect Mark Reynolds to make further challenges. Throughout | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
this game. Meantime, we know what Alim Ozturk | :22:41. | :22:53. | |
can do from outside the box in free kicks. It looks like three | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
can do from outside the box in free foot is over there, a free kick that | :23:00. | :23:06. | |
would really suit a left everyone is behind the ball here. It's going to | :23:07. | :23:14. | |
be Sow. Considine, Knox clear. behind the ball here. It's going to | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
is Djoum, still its Djoum. Did it behind the ball here. It's going to | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
come off Aberdeen player? Yes, it did, and other corner. The pressure | :23:24. | :23:25. | |
stays on. It's a did, and other corner. The pressure | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
decent Streit but right into the wall. Hearts keep the pressure on, | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
keep getting the ball in there and get the reward. Similar free kick, | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
that one, to the one against Celtic late on, which Sow popped into the | :23:44. | :23:53. | |
corner. A 2-2 draw here. Now it is Pallardo, Ward tries to get there | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
and spills it and its wide by Augustyn. Aberdeen have the jitters! | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
Well, they haven't settled at all. Kenny McLean, smashing that across | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
your own box, is not a good idea and you think Danny Ward will settle | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
things down. He lets it go and very fortunate not to be two down. It's a | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
Dons free kick, meantime, Jonny Hayes, who was upended on the far | :24:20. | :24:21. | |
side. He missed out on the Hayes, who was upended on the far | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
in September, suspended. As far as Derek McInnes is | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
concerned, it's about getting As far as Derek McInnes is | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
team have been up against it. Here is McGinn. Taking on Reilly. | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
McGinn's ball was poor. These sides looking | :24:46. | :25:04. | |
Monday Broz-macro. For the last 16. -- Monday Broz-macro, for the last | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
16. Plenty of teams already there after today's earlier fourth-round | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
matches, including Annan Athletic of League Two, with a 4-1 hammering of | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
Premiership Hamilton academic. Hearts look as though they want to | :25:16. | :25:26. | |
finish this game off in the early stages. I think they know | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
finish this game off in the early started well, they have Aberdeen on | :25:30. | :25:31. | |
finish this game off in the early the back foot and they want to take | :25:32. | :25:34. | |
advantage. They have one goal, but it's not enough of a cushion. | :25:35. | :25:37. | |
Another one it's not enough of a cushion. | :25:38. | :25:47. | |
is Pallardo. He emerges with it. John Beaton happy with the | :25:48. | :25:48. | |
challenge. Here is Rossi. He has played at | :25:49. | :25:58. | |
left-back on occasion this season. The man who was making the | :25:59. | :26:14. | |
difference at the moment, Callum Paterson, with the only goal of the | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
game. It arrived within four minutes. He is only 21. Seems to | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
have been around for ages. The likes of Pete, Sam Nicholson, | :26:24. | :26:37. | |
breaking into the Hearts team about the same time out of necessity | :26:38. | :26:48. | |
really. A lovely play by Osman, didn't have the final ball. He looks | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
in the mood tonight, that is for sure. Absolute quality, the touch, | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
the trick, the only thing missing is the final ball. It didn't look at | :26:59. | :27:05. | |
hand ball there, John Beaton didn't spot it. Hearts trying to make hay | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
at Tynecastle, while they can. Ozturk Phil Mickelson. -- Ozturk, | :27:13. | :27:23. | |
for Nicholson. Another corner. A quality ball from defence to attack | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
has been perfect from Hearts. In behind the Aberdeen defence. The | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
crossfield passes getting the wide players involved. The last time Sam | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
Nicholson swept a corner in from this side of the stadium, Callum | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
Paterson headed home. It was about ten minutes ago now. | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
Aberdeen just can't get a hold of this game at all. Niall McGinn and | :27:46. | :28:05. | |
Jonny Hayes can't get involved in the game because at the moment it's | :28:06. | :28:08. | |
a real guard action for Aberdeen. Headed away by Taylor. That was | :28:09. | :28:17. | |
Considine. Buaben loses it, Considine gets it back and now it's | :28:18. | :28:25. | |
with McGinn. Maroon shirts flooding back in double quick time. | :28:26. | :28:38. | |
Here is Taylor. A run from Rooney, Augustyn can cover it. A bit of | :28:39. | :28:53. | |
relief for the Aberdeen defenders. It's good for Aberdeen, Neil | :28:54. | :28:58. | |
Alexander very little to do so far. Let's see if they can conjure up | :28:59. | :29:06. | |
something from the set piece. Logan, looking for movement. Straight back | :29:07. | :29:14. | |
for the hosts and its Augustyn looking for Sow. He will keep | :29:15. | :29:16. | |
chasing. Considine's testimonial season here, | :29:17. | :29:45. | |
it's a poor ball from Jenny to McLean. -- Shinnie to McLean. | :29:46. | :30:01. | |
Pallardo's last start for Hearts was at Pittodrie. He was taken off | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
before he was sent off that day. Graeme Shinnie, a lovely run here. | :30:06. | :30:14. | |
now for the Dons. Graeme Shinnie, a lovely run here. | :30:15. | :30:38. | |
Saw this plenty in last season's competition. Aberdeen have got a | :30:39. | :30:42. | |
free kick this time. Yellow for Pallardo. Very similar to the Mark | :30:43. | :30:44. | |
Reynolds Pallardo. Very similar to the Mark | :30:45. | :30:47. | |
you bring someone down when they are trying to get on goal the referee | :30:48. | :30:50. | |
will go for the yellow card immediately. Down goes Shinnie and | :30:51. | :30:54. | |
its first chance for Aberdeen to cause a bit bother. Just finished | :30:55. | :31:00. | |
talking about the game at Pittodrie, he was booked in that one. Robbie | :31:01. | :31:05. | |
Neilson took him off because he kept making those challenges, really, as | :31:06. | :31:12. | |
he did then. A midfield player, a defender, you will be asked to make | :31:13. | :31:15. | |
challenges, you have to be very careful now. This is the first | :31:16. | :31:22. | |
legitimate chance for Aberdeen to force near like thunder into some | :31:23. | :31:27. | |
kind of action. 17 and a half minutes played. Hearts leading this | :31:28. | :31:33. | |
cup tie by 1-0. Hayes, McLean and McGinn are over it. All capable, | :31:34. | :31:41. | |
more than capable. Down the throat of the veteran, Alexander. Needs to | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
be top corner to beat the goalkeeper from there. A decent pace on the | :31:46. | :31:48. | |
ball, but straight at Neil Alexander. | :31:49. | :32:00. | |
Foul by Rossi. What is Derek McInnes thinking right now? He is thinking | :32:01. | :32:10. | |
he doesn't want and seek a second goal. Hearts are playing well, | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
pressing well, the home side had started on fire and Aberdeen have to | :32:15. | :32:17. | |
get through this period and get players on the ball. | :32:18. | :32:25. | |
Hearts haven't had too many wins recently but they have only lost one | :32:26. | :32:47. | |
of their last 12, which was at Pittodrie. | :32:48. | :32:57. | |
Sam Nicholson leading innocence that he never touched him, but I think he | :32:58. | :33:05. | |
just raised his foot too high. -- pleading innocence. | :33:06. | :33:19. | |
That draws Aberdeen's first corner of the night. Hearts not happy, they | :33:20. | :33:26. | |
felt it was offside. Yet again, jobs for Aberdeen. Ash Taylor is up | :33:27. | :33:32. | |
there, Adam Rooney. They've got targets. Needs to be a quality ball | :33:33. | :33:42. | |
in, though. Nobody set up more Aberdeen goals than Niall McGinn, | :33:43. | :33:43. | |
and he is over at this corner. A foul on August team. -- | :33:44. | :33:59. | |
Augustyn. He had a nightmare last time Aberdeen were in town. | :34:00. | :34:26. | |
A few Scottish Cup winners around, Graeme Shinnie in the Aberdeen side. | :34:27. | :34:29. | |
Robbie Neilson won the Scottish Graeme Shinnie in the Aberdeen side. | :34:30. | :34:39. | |
with his team in 2006. In the final against Gretna. Indeed, he scored | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
the second in the shoot out against Gretna that day. A very nice penalty | :34:44. | :34:50. | |
it was, too. He sent Alan made the wrong way. | :34:51. | :34:59. | |
United safely through earlier today. They won it at Airdrie. As was a bit | :35:00. | :35:20. | |
short. I'm not sure Taylor was expecting it. A good spin by Willo | :35:21. | :35:27. | |
Flood, who has been in good form recently. | :35:28. | :35:42. | |
Nice job of the shoulder by Graeme Shinnie, it has certainly got a bit | :35:43. | :35:50. | |
scrappy in these last few minutes. It probably suit Aberdeen just now | :35:51. | :35:54. | |
because it takes a bit of the wind out of Hearts's sales. A quarter of | :35:55. | :36:00. | |
the way through this Scottish Cup fourth round tie. | :36:01. | :36:11. | |
Solid from the jam both so far. A huge backline that they have. That | :36:12. | :36:30. | |
is a difficult job. Right when he was going to go, used his upper body | :36:31. | :36:32. | |
strength and his pace. He has been was going to go, used his upper body | :36:33. | :36:40. | |
in the senior Scotland squad, Callum Paterson matches against the | :36:41. | :36:43. | |
Republic of Ireland and England a year past November. His is the only | :36:44. | :36:46. | |
goal of this game so far. It was a 3-0 Hearts win the last | :36:47. | :37:04. | |
time that the sides met in the Scottish Cup here. Last time, all | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
told, was in 2010. Aberdeen went through on that occasion at | :37:10. | :37:20. | |
Pittodrie. A misunderstanding. Just a lack of communication. Somebody | :37:21. | :37:25. | |
has to take charge, control. One good shout and you've got a chance. | :37:26. | :37:29. | |
A mistake like that, easy for Hearts to clear up. | :37:30. | :37:47. | |
Hearts is certainly worth their lead at the moment. Adam Rooney has not | :37:48. | :37:54. | |
got into this game at all. So often, he either is in the service from | :37:55. | :38:02. | |
Hayes and McGinn in the wider areas. When Aberdeen on top, you are going | :38:03. | :38:06. | |
to get the two white players. But Aberdeen just can't wrestle control | :38:07. | :38:13. | |
of the game from Hearts. -- the two wide layers. | :38:14. | :38:37. | |
It is corner number four. You can see the confidence in the Hearts | :38:38. | :38:47. | |
team. Everybody is looking to get a little bit of space and get | :38:48. | :38:48. | |
themselves a shot on goal. Fourth corner for Hearts. Sam | :38:49. | :39:04. | |
Nicholson is over it again. Loads of movement in the box. It goes past. | :39:05. | :39:12. | |
Both Callum Paterson and Miguel Pallardo are appealing. Big shouts, | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
but there is so much wrestling in there, grabbing, pushing, shoving. | :39:19. | :39:24. | |
Difficult for the referee to make a decision. Augustyn got his head and | :39:25. | :39:30. | |
wit in the end. -- onto it. These long balls are causing | :39:31. | :39:48. | |
Aberdeen all kinds of problems. It keeps them on the back foot. As a | :39:49. | :39:53. | |
defender, you want the game in front of you, not to be continually | :39:54. | :39:56. | |
turning and sprinting back towards your own goalkeeper. | :39:57. | :40:29. | |
Alim Ozturk is just back in the team. He played against Dundee | :40:30. | :40:35. | |
United a couple of league games ago, but that was his first outing since | :40:36. | :40:39. | |
the League Cup victory over Kilmarnock at in the autumn. Three | :40:40. | :40:44. | |
months out. The man who took the armband in the summer. Just got that | :40:45. | :40:47. | |
away. The trajectory of the ball... So far, this is as good a Hearts | :40:48. | :41:14. | |
performance as there has been all season, in their return to | :41:15. | :41:21. | |
top-flight football. Sam Nicholson didn't know where the ball was. It | :41:22. | :41:25. | |
could have been another Hearts goal. Mickelson realised where the ball | :41:26. | :41:32. | |
was. Logan certainly didn't know. Hearts are not giving up on any ball | :41:33. | :41:36. | |
which is bouncing around that Aberdeen box. They are chasing and | :41:37. | :41:40. | |
harrying and putting Aberdeen defenders under real pressure. | :41:41. | :41:50. | |
Four goals this season, Sam Nicholson. He scored one of those | :41:51. | :41:56. | |
against Celtic recently. Osman Sow got the other. Another example of it | :41:57. | :42:04. | |
there. Graham said -- Graeme Shinnie was ransacked. Hearts runway again. | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
By Logan Riley. Still has it, though. | :42:11. | :42:25. | |
Loads of options ahead of them. There is a throng of Hearts players | :42:26. | :42:37. | |
to choose from. Cleared by Taylor. Miguel Pallardo, Nicholson. Logan | :42:38. | :42:48. | |
stands his ground. He does well. There is just no respite for | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
Aberdeen right now. Hearts are swarming all over them. Simply | :42:53. | :42:57. | |
haven't done this in the two games against Aberdeen this season so far. | :42:58. | :43:02. | |
The stakes are high tonight. They could make up points in the league. | :43:03. | :43:08. | |
Once you are out of the cup, you are out. There is Niall McGinn, in the | :43:09. | :43:13. | |
meantime, with the visitors. Augustyn does well. | :43:14. | :43:30. | |
It stung his fingertips. Terrific effort from Sam Nicholson. The cuts | :43:31. | :43:39. | |
in, and to his strong right foot, and he gets it absolutely sweet but | :43:40. | :43:50. | |
straight at the goalkeeper. Rossi, who scored a consolation against | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
Aberdeen in September. Neil Alexander will turn 38 in March. | :43:56. | :44:03. | |
Living the dream, late in his career, a Hearts fan as | :44:04. | :44:13. | |
McLean has been on the periphery of things so far. That has just gone | :44:14. | :44:21. | |
out. This has been the story for Aberdeen so far, poor | :44:22. | :44:26. | |
decision-making, misplaced passes, so we have not seen them as an | :44:27. | :44:32. | |
attacking force at all so far. It is a big difference tonight to | :44:33. | :44:34. | |
attacking force at all so far. It is earlier in the season. When Hearts | :44:35. | :44:37. | |
were attacking that state, they were picked off time and again on the | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
counterattack. Tonight, they have been flooding back in double quick | :44:43. | :44:43. | |
time. As soon as they been flooding back in double quick | :44:44. | :44:48. | |
they go hunting for it. Hearts on the ball today have been excellent. | :44:49. | :44:54. | |
It has been really impressive. Every time Aberdeen have the ball, there | :44:55. | :44:58. | |
is no time to look up and get it passed. There is a Hearts player | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
right in their face. Hard to keep that up for 90 minutes. When you are | :45:03. | :45:11. | |
head is, it is a lot easier. -- when you are ahead. But for now, Hearts | :45:12. | :45:12. | |
have been in a different class. you are ahead. But for now, Hearts | :45:13. | :45:24. | |
Gibbs, Dumbarton, Kilmarnock. Annan Athletic, in the bottom tier, | :45:25. | :45:28. | |
already through. They beat Hamilton 4-1. They saw one for them. They | :45:29. | :45:40. | |
haven't been in good form. Aberdeen are desperate to find some of the | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
form which has taken them to within, at the moment, just within three | :45:46. | :45:50. | |
points of the league leaders, Celtic. | :45:51. | :45:55. | |
That autumn slump around October time, in fact it was in the | :45:56. | :46:02. | |
aftermath of their win here and I think that Taylor's pass sums up | :46:03. | :46:07. | |
everything for Aberdeen in the opening 32 minutes, woeful. Taylor | :46:08. | :46:11. | |
has no options there, he's trying to play an almost impossible chip as | :46:12. | :46:16. | |
the Logan on the touchline. These players on the midfield taking | :46:17. | :46:17. | |
responsibility and digging Aberdeen back into the contest. Ozturk has | :46:18. | :46:31. | |
had a great game so far, he has won the ball back | :46:32. | :46:33. | |
had a great game so far, he has won kick number five. He is an absolute | :46:34. | :46:41. | |
handful, Sow just now. You know he's quick and he has tricks. He has | :46:42. | :46:48. | |
started every league game for Hearts up until the last one at Kilmarnock. | :46:49. | :46:52. | |
Robbie Neilson mentioned he didn't want to play on the artificial | :46:53. | :46:55. | |
surface at Rugby Park, in that 2-2 draw. Here is Nicholson again, the | :46:56. | :47:03. | |
latest corner. Sow. There he goes again. Aberdeen up against the ropes | :47:04. | :47:11. | |
in the capital. Aberdeen have got a real problem, this corner to the | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
back post -- post, they do well to block it away but Hearts know every | :47:17. | :47:20. | |
time they put the ball back in there they have a 6-foot two inches guide | :47:21. | :47:29. | |
being marked by somebody smaller. Pallardo is one of the shorter | :47:30. | :47:31. | |
players in the Hearts squad. Logan didn't know where the ball | :47:32. | :47:43. | |
was, came at last. The pressure stays on. A decent ball in as well. | :47:44. | :47:51. | |
Don't fire it in low. If you know you have big players who are winning | :47:52. | :47:54. | |
headers, get in high, give them a chance to win the first header, then | :47:55. | :47:58. | |
if the ball drops into the box it can fall to anyone. Loads of | :47:59. | :48:08. | |
movement. Again, they win it. Off Kenny McLean, his -- has Flood | :48:09. | :48:15. | |
prevented a corner? He has. The pressure is still on the Aberdeen | :48:16. | :48:20. | |
defence. It came off Considine. It was Rossi who swung a boot at it. | :48:21. | :48:25. | |
Aberdeen need to make a change in corners, Mark Reynolds against | :48:26. | :48:29. | |
August and has not won any. August and has won every ball that has come | :48:30. | :48:36. | |
in there. You -- you maybe need to swap someone because Mark Reynolds | :48:37. | :48:37. | |
is not tall enough. Although Flood does have a chess | :48:38. | :48:58. | |
good history as far as injuries are concerned -- chequered history. He | :48:59. | :49:04. | |
wins a header, every time you do that there's a real chance you are | :49:05. | :49:09. | |
going to score. I just wonder if Willo Flood will be able to | :49:10. | :49:17. | |
continue. He is certainly toiling on the touchline just now. Aberdeen, | :49:18. | :49:21. | |
just where they didn't want to beat, are down to ten men. There is | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
movement inside the dugout for the Dons. I think a change is in the | :49:26. | :49:31. | |
offing for the visitors. They lost Willo Flood the injury in the first | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
Saturday in the League Cup defeat across the city here, the Hebburn | :49:37. | :49:39. | |
Ian, and they may have to make another change in an important cup | :49:40. | :49:45. | |
tie in the first half -- Hibernian. Peter Pawlett is going to replace | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
him. He has pace and zip to Aberdeen but what they need now is authority | :49:52. | :49:54. | |
and Flood might provide that, get on the ball and start making passes and | :49:55. | :49:58. | |
getting players comfortable within the game and see if they can drive | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
and cause problems for Hearts. Talking of comfort, | :50:04. | :50:06. | |
and cause problems for Hearts. position Hearts are in right now. | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
Aberdeen cannot lay a glove on them. It's Callum Paterson's goal earlier | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
in the first half, early in the game, within four minutes, his six | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
of the season. It is doing the damage. | :50:22. | :50:32. | |
McLean gets their ahead of Pallardo. Down goes McLean. It's Jonny Hayes | :50:33. | :50:48. | |
for Aberdeen. Slip thereby Augustyn, Aberdeen are going to make the | :50:49. | :50:54. | |
change now. Pawlett, for Flood. He brings a goal threat, at the moment | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
Aberdeen need to get something come make a few passes. They will be | :51:00. | :51:05. | |
looking for Paul to make an impact. One of Peter Pawlett's two best | :51:06. | :51:10. | |
games for Aberdeen came here, in the League Cup semifinal against St | :51:11. | :51:13. | |
Johnstone. He has good memories of this place and it's Paula | :51:14. | :51:17. | |
immediately in action. That's clear for Ozturk. Bats it is Pawlett, | :51:18. | :51:26. | |
immediately in action. Immediate pressing from Pawlett. | :51:27. | :51:40. | |
The Scottish Cup fourth round, moving back to its proper place in | :51:41. | :51:48. | |
the calendar, you would say, in January. It's been played for the | :51:49. | :51:54. | |
last few years at the end of November and beginning of December. | :51:55. | :51:58. | |
That's why these two didn't kick a ball in the entire calendar year of | :51:59. | :52:01. | |
2015 in this Scottish Cup competition. | :52:02. | :52:07. | |
Here is Taylor. It's a must. -- it's a must. They moved 30 yards | :52:08. | :52:19. | |
backwards and Ash Taylor decides a must. They moved 30 yards | :52:20. | :52:22. | |
try a long ball and gives possession back to Hearts. How does that change | :52:23. | :52:29. | |
for Aberdeen, reshuffle things? McLean will move besides Shinnie? | :52:30. | :52:33. | |
McLean is a goal threat but he needs to go in there, he is about a | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
McLean is a goal threat but he needs left-back but other Aberdeen need | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
these guys to get back, get in one on one situations with poor lot and | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
he can certainly cause problems. -- if Pawlett can get in one-on-one | :52:49. | :52:59. | |
situations. Here is Reilly. Against Logan, who made his Aberdeen debut | :53:00. | :53:02. | |
in that St Johnstone League Cup Sammy here. Good play by Gavin | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
Reilly, scored a couple of goals over the festive period. He has | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
arrived from Rossi's long throw. He is a lack -- | :53:12. | :53:28. | |
it's allowed to bounce, twice. Another corner. It is eight | :53:29. | :53:36. | |
it's allowed to bounce, twice. now for Hearts in this first half. | :53:37. | :53:39. | |
It's another ball into the box, this time the throw, and Aberdeen haven't | :53:40. | :53:43. | |
got to grips with that high ball at all. There was a lot of talk from | :53:44. | :53:49. | |
the Aberdeen, some of the Aberdeen players suddenly, about how physical | :53:50. | :53:54. | |
Hearts were. In the game at Pittodrie. It's almost like they | :53:55. | :53:57. | |
were expecting the physicality, maybe they are spooked by it. It is | :53:58. | :54:01. | |
Nicholson's Corner, Taylor maybe they are spooked by it. It is | :54:02. | :54:10. | |
that time. Five to the break. Hearts one, Aberdeen nil. | :54:11. | :54:33. | |
Jonny Hayes challenged Rossi. Here is Reilly, Aberdeen are | :54:34. | :54:45. | |
being bullied. Still with Osman Sow. That is one corner away from double | :54:46. | :54:48. | |
figures in this first half. Pressure, pressure, pressure, every | :54:49. | :54:54. | |
50-50 is currently being won by a player in maroon, every single one. | :54:55. | :55:02. | |
Another in swinger coming up from Sam Nicholson, in front of a worried | :55:03. | :55:08. | |
lopping Aberdeen support. -- worried looking Aberdeen support. Considine | :55:09. | :55:14. | |
away, Pallardo retrieves. McGinn beats him in the race. Great | :55:15. | :55:36. | |
tracking back. You can't ask for more than that from your midfielder. | :55:37. | :55:41. | |
It's what you're looking for, midfielders who are switched on, see | :55:42. | :55:46. | |
danger and the off. Logan's was almost dropped the McLean. It will | :55:47. | :55:52. | |
come to Considine. Paterson was all over him there. An easy one for | :55:53. | :56:00. | |
Alexander. There's a lot of pushing thereby Rooney. It's a frustrated | :56:01. | :56:09. | |
Aberdeen number nine. It will be interesting to see, I think it was | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
blocked off, trying to keep the goalkeeper under pressure and I take | :56:14. | :56:16. | |
it he has just pushed the player to the ground but one more two Hearts | :56:17. | :56:22. | |
players not too happy. John Beaton trying to calm things down, Hearts | :56:23. | :56:26. | |
players putting a bit of pressure on the referee. Hearts supporters are | :56:27. | :56:30. | |
screaming for a red card for Adam Rooney here. Certainly it was a | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
push. The problem with these situations with -- is two players | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
often get red carded here. They could both get yellow cards. The | :56:44. | :56:47. | |
cards are out, it looks like a yellow. It's a yellow, for both. It | :56:48. | :57:00. | |
was certainly a shove, they block and a shove. You can see Augustyn | :57:01. | :57:05. | |
just stands his ground and Rooney shoves him to the ground. Its | :57:06. | :57:10. | |
frustration on Rooney's part, that's for sure. He hasn't been able to get | :57:11. | :57:14. | |
into this at all. Pushing or Dustin to the ground as her and a yellow | :57:15. | :57:18. | |
card and complaining to the referee has earned Igor Rossi a caution as | :57:19. | :57:27. | |
well -- pushing Augustyn to the ground has earned him a yellow card. | :57:28. | :57:38. | |
Robbie Neilson will be ecstatic with his team's performance, but he will | :57:39. | :57:43. | |
be concerned it is 1-0. Aberdeen have looked a bit punch-drunk at | :57:44. | :57:48. | |
times but just the 1-0, and they have shown spirit in second half of | :57:49. | :57:50. | |
times but just the 1-0, and they matches this season. They will have | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
to try to row is something after the interval, that's for sure. It will | :57:55. | :57:57. | |
take some turnaround if they are to save their Scottish Cup campaign. | :57:58. | :58:03. | |
Considine and Paterson colliding, and that was the cup tie challenge. | :58:04. | :58:09. | |
That was a good old-fashioned challenge, two players totally | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
committed, no problem with that. Two players, the ion the ball, playing | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
the ball, good challenge. Scottish Cup winner Craig Paterson watching | :58:22. | :58:26. | |
on here in the best Cup Final this Scottish Cup final of all time. | :58:27. | :58:34. | |
According to many. 4-3 win over Dundee United, back in 1991. | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
Aberdeen have won the Scottish Cup since the season before that. Hearts | :58:40. | :58:43. | |
have won it three times since the Dons last prevailed. | :58:44. | :58:49. | |
Into stoppage time, the Flood injury and the incident between Augustyn | :58:50. | :59:01. | |
and Rooney a few minutes ago. Derek McInnes has work to do. In the 15 | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
minutes he will have with his squad. He will have even more work to do is | :59:08. | :59:12. | |
Pallardo can help Hearts to a second goal before the intervals. It's | :59:13. | :59:22. | |
Paterson. Final first half thoughts, Craig? It's been a terrific 45 | :59:23. | :59:27. | |
minutes for Hearts. They've dominated from start to finish. Neil | :59:28. | :59:30. | |
Alexander has been a virtual spectator. More of the same will be | :59:31. | :59:34. | |
the shout from Nielsen, McInnes has a job at half-time to get his | :59:35. | :59:38. | |
players roused and get them back into this game. | :59:39. | :59:47. | |
The problem for Robbie Neilson is he knows that his team haven't really | :59:48. | :59:53. | |
been able to replicate this kind of performance over the course of 90 | :59:54. | :59:57. | |
minutes too often this season. It is half-time. Callum Paterson gave | :59:58. | :00:05. | |
Hearts the dream start from the corner inside the opening few | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
minutes, heading home a Sam Nicholson corner, and Aberdeen have | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
been up against it for the lion's share of the opening 45 minutes. | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
Hearts causing them all kinds of problems. It highlighted the fact | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
that they certainly had a height advantage before the game, and that | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
has proven to be the case. At half-time in Edinburgh, Heart of | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
Midlothian one, Aberdeen zero. It didn't take Hearts long, Robbie | :00:31. | :00:46. | |
Neilson's team, to make their intentions clear at Tynecastle. | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
Callum Paterson scoring with just over two minutes' plate. The only | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
goal so far. That is get the thoughts of Michael Stewart and | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
Willie Miller. What a start from Hearts, grabbing the initiative | :01:00. | :01:06. | |
right from the off. That is a perfect summing up, it is the | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
initiative that Hearts have taken right from the off, even in the | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
goal. They win the first header and Callum Paterson is quickest to | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
react. I spoke before the match of how, if Hearts are going to win, | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
they need to be on the front foot and that Aberdeen under pressure, | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
and they have done that. What you see is the fact that they are | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
starving their star players of any possession and service, and that is | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
what Hearts needs to continue to do if they are going to come away with | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
a victory. There was an outbreak of handbags just before half-time, seen | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
Rooney and Rossi. Does it underline Aberdeen's frustration? Finn I think | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
they should be frustrated. They haven't been allowed to play. -- | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
they haven't been allowed to play. You can't let that frustration take | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
over. Aberdeen have to try and get themselves into the game. The way | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
they will get their cells into the game is by playing progressive | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
football and building up through the midfield. They are not doing that. | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
Every time they get it at the back, it is a long ball forward, to do? | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
You get it down and give it to the most important players. A lot of the | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
best -- a lot of it is down to the fact that Hearts haven't allowed | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
them to do that. Everybody talks about Tynecastle being so hostile | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
and difficult and the reason is because of games like this, when | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
Hearts start on the front foot and put teams under pressure. It isn't a | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
massive pitch so you can close down this page and make it difficult for | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
positions to play in and around the midfield. When you do that, | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
especially against this Aberdeen side, it causes them problems | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
because that is how they want to play. Hearts have a big presence, a | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
physicality. I'm not complaining, I think the game is being played | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
fairly, but if it is a physical battle, there is only one winner in | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
the first half, and that is Hearts. More thoughts about the first half | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
in a couple of minutes. It has been a busy day of Scottish Cup fourth | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
round football. In fact, a busy Friday night as well. Partick | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Thistle put their name in Monday's draw with a 2-1 win at Paisley last | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
night, followed today by these games. Dundee United scraped | :03:25. | :03:37. | |
through. The big result of the game is lead to Annan Athletic. Only | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
through. The big result of the game since 2008 have they been a senior | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
football club. They took care of Hamilton in style today. That Flynn, | :03:46. | :03:58. | |
Josh Todd and ramming Omar with two goals. What a night they will be | :03:59. | :04:06. | |
having. The games at Dundee and East Kilbride were off. A cracking cup | :04:07. | :04:20. | |
tie at East End park. Linlithgow against Forfar Athletic, a replay a | :04:21. | :04:29. | |
week on Tuesday. Stephen Pearson got two of the Motherwell goals. | :04:30. | :04:41. | |
Craig Slater got the goal for Kilmarnock early, which proved to be | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
the only one. Starling -- Stirling Albion holding beholders. | :04:53. | :05:13. | |
A fantastic result for Annan Athletic, to come away victors | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
against a top-flight side. It speaks volumes of the performance they have | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
put in. Stirling Albion had to operate in their shadow today, but a | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
great result for them, to take care of the holders 0-0 and a replay in | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Inverness. A fabulous result for them. They home advantage. They have | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
taken that and they will find it difficult making the journey to the | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
Highlands. I think John Hughes will be a relieved manager just to see | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
that one behind him, hoping he can take full advantage of the home tie. | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
The highlights are well worth watching tonight. I know you have a | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
strong say for Ross County's match against Dunfermline. That was a | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
cracking game at East End park. I was in the studio watching that | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
earlier. It was a real cup tie, traditional, end to end stuff. Lots | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
of action and some really good pools. To be honest, right at the | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
end, Dunfermline hit the crossbar. -- some really good goals. They | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
could have beaten them. Very much one to watch. It is Hearts one, | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
Aberdeen zero. It didn't take long for this to explode into life. It | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
didn't. Hearts played the game very direct. They won the corner kick. | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
For me, it is too easily won at the back post. Andrew Considine has to | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
be on his toes more. It is a good goal from a Hearts point of view. | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
Callum Paterson is definitely alert to get the long flick on it. With | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
that corner there, the fact that Ozturk makes a run from the edge of | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
the box, I mean, you are always going to beat a standing jump. He | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
has the run from the edge of the box and he gets above Considine. For me, | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
Considine has to be on the half turn. He has to see where the ball | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
is coming from and to recognise that Ozturk, who you are going to expect | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
to come in for a header, was loitering on the edge of the box. He | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
was a bit closed off. That was a feature of the first ten minutes, | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
almost incessant Hearts pressure and Aberdeen looking uncomfortable | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
defensively. They were not dealing with the physicality upfront, Mark | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
Reynolds in particular. A lot of the misunderstanding here at the back | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
post, Shay Logan looking for Danny Ward to come out, and Danny Ward not | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
coming out. A bit of uncertainty. They were knocked off their stride, | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
Aberdeen. They didn't cope with it, even that kind of effort, to try and | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
clear the chance. Danny Ward doing well, and maybe not so well in | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
holding onto it. There is no doubt that Aberdeen were all over the | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
place at that time. They didn't have their shape. In fact, they changed | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
their shape at the back, going from a four 283 to try and cope. -- going | :08:15. | :08:24. | |
from a four to three. They were not comfortable with how the game was | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
panning out so they had to do something. Hearts winning the first | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
ball, the first and second, and really maintaining that pressure. | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
Everything is in and around the Aberdeen box. They can't get out. | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
Then you talk about Tynecastle, it can become such a suffocating venue | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
where you don't feel you can get out of your own half, and then you end | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
up with guys at the back just lumping the ball up into areas where | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
there was nobody there, and it becomes a difficult game when that | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
is all you can do. What doesn't help from an Aberdeen point of view as | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
well is that already, minus the captain, Ryan Jack, important | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
midfield position, they have had to reshuffle. That was a blow to them. | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
They had no control in the game, no control in the midfield, that is for | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
sure. The way they have changed the game gives them more players in the | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
midfield, and I am sure Derek McInnes will be trying to emphasise | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
how important it is to play through that area, because they haven't | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
done. If Aberdeen don't do that, there is no point just playing balls | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
forward. Adam Rooney isn't really the type to want to play it up. You | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
want to get into the wide areas, the important players. They have to show | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
a bit of composure. They have not been allowed time at all, so they | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
have to do it very quickly. It has to be quick because, as Willie says, | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
if you are not being allowed the time to do that, the only way you | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
can get through that press is to play quickly. The outfall come up | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
and over the top, isn't there for them. That means that they have to | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
get the whole team looking and wanting the ball. You have got two | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
or three guys that start hiding, it is game over. The Hearts team | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
selection was a eyebrow raiser before the match. Osman Sow was | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
always going to before the match. Osman Sow was | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
are really struggling to cope with his power and place. -- pace. When | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
he is on his game, he is a handful for the opposition. This is against | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
Mark Reynolds, who is no slouch. He is quick. Because it causes real | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
problems, a big influence. Driving forward. Osman Sow is a real handful | :10:34. | :10:42. | |
for any defender in the league. Of late, Osman Sow is really coming | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
into his game. He is doing all those things and running in behind. We | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
spoke before the game with Djum and Niall McGinn. When he runs in | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
behind, he causes the defence real problems. The challenge for Hearts | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
is to maintain it in the second half. Absolutely, the physical shape | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
will be brought under the microscope, because everybody has | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
put in a lot of work in the first half. They are a strong physical | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
side. I am sure that that will allow them to keep going for part of the | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
second half. Whether it will allow them to go for the full 90 minutes | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
at that pace, closing down Aberdeen, not allowing them any space, only | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
time will tell. From an Aberdeen point of view, they have to start | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
playing the ball on the ground, building it up through the midfield. | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
They haven't done so yet. I have watched them a number of times this | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
season. They haven't played a fantastic 90 minutes, but they have | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
played some wonderful 45 minutes. They need that in the second half. | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
Contrasting emotions on the touchline, as we observed Robbie | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
Neilson and Derek McInnes. It has been pretty painful so far for the | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
Aberdeen manager. It has, but one thing he will be taking is that | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
there is only one goal in it. That is a very, very fine margin. A goal | :12:05. | :12:07. | |
can be scored in such a is a very, very fine margin. A goal | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
of time that he will be telling the team that, that they are not out of | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
it by a long stretch. Hearts have dominated in the first half and | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
Robbie will be delighted. On the flip side, he will be disappointed | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
there is only a one goal deficit. It is all to play for and from a Hearts | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
perspective, they have to make sure they replicate the first half | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
performance. Derek McInnes will be drilling into his players, | :12:33. | :12:33. | |
performance. Derek McInnes will be there and get into the game because | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
it is only one game -- goal. It is a big plus Aberdeen point of view. It | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
it is only one game -- goal. It is a could be worse. Derek McInnes has to | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
be thinking his team will be better after the interval. He has to be | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
drinking and hoping, but they have to do something about it. Hearts can | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
maintain the tempo, the route they are going, the physicality they have | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
got in their game, Aberdeen will find it difficult, no matter how | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
much the manager tries to change the system, no matter how much he said | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
at half-time. It is down to the players to get it into their mind | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
and to play in the way that Aberdeen should be playing, getting the ball | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
down, being progressive through the midfield, out to the wide players | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
and allowing the creative players to create something. They haven't | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
created anything in the first half. Is it about attitude and mentality | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
for Hearts in the second half? I think so. I spoke before the game | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
about the mentality of going after the game and not being passive. It | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
talks about whether Hearts will be able to continue that. It is amazing | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
what a crowd can do. It is a tight pitch. Energy levels, you are not | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
chasing too far, like Hampden Park. They can maintain it. When you do | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
that, you get the crowd lifted. It's amazing how much energy you can draw | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
from them. The mentality has to be to continue what they are doing in | :14:02. | :14:04. | |
the first half, going after Aberdeen, then the crowd will lift | :14:05. | :14:07. | |
them and keep them going. They should be able to do it. There is | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
the moment of the match so far, the only goal at Tynecastle. We only had | :14:13. | :14:19. | |
to wait two minutes before Robbie Neilson's team hit the front. | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
Aberdeen under pressure from kick-off. It was Callum Paterson's | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
fifth goal of the season, heading it in from close range. That is the | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
only goal so far, despite Hearts' efforts to add to their advantage. | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
The home team are out at the start of the second half. Osman Sow has | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
been hot to handle upfront for Hearts and it is Paterson with the | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
only goal so far. Our Aberdeen about to mount a fightback? We will find | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
out. You will see it right here live on the BBC. Craig Paterson and Liam | :14:56. | :14:56. | |
McLeod. COMMENTATOR: | :14:57. | :15:07. | |
Hearts has only won two of the previous clashes, it's the Jam Tarts | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
to get us back on their way. All in maroon, going left to right, | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
Aberdeen in the black and white. Hoping for | :15:18. | :15:19. | |
Aberdeen in the black and white. half. As poor as they were, Hearts | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
were excellent and prevented Aberdeen from merely playing the | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
kind of game they played here in September. No further changes at | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
half-time. Aberdeen had to take off Willo Flood in their opening 45, | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
replacing him with Peter Pawlett. You just wonder what Derek McInnes | :15:41. | :16:07. | |
was saying to his players at the break, Craig? He has to come up with | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
some sort of plan to get them back in. Aberdeen have to try to not | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
Hearts off their stride. You see Jonny Hayes pulled out to the | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
left-hand side, now McGinn and they will hope that Jonny Hayes can do a | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
bit better. Augustyn gets the break of the ball. In goes Shinnie, to | :16:29. | :16:31. | |
pinch it back for Aberdeen. Now Pawlett. | :16:32. | :16:40. | |
Paul it wasn't a favourite there, but he was bounced to the ground by | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
Pallardo, who was booked in the first half. He needs to be careful. | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
Yes, it's an awkward challenge to be making there. You know you have been | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
yellow carded. Look how far from the goal it is. To go into the back of a | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
player, you know it's going to be a free kick and you have brought | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
yourself to the attention of the referee are gay. What he did at | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
Pittodrie last month, he might have brought himself more to the | :17:08. | :17:08. | |
attention of his manager, be having brought himself more to the | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
a little think to himself about a change. While McGinn with the | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
Aberdeen free kick. It should be Alexander's, and is. | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
Alexander, with eight clean sheets this season, this is his 24th game. | :17:27. | :17:34. | |
They only have one clean sheet in the last seven, Hearts, and that's | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
been missed by Considine. Here is Osman Sow in the middle, Taylor | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
didn't know where Sow was. He peeled back towards the penalty spot. The | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
ball in is poor, away by McLean. Kept alive by Pallardo, Considine | :17:49. | :17:57. | |
hoists clear. That the chance gone, Considine misreads the ball. He has | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
to pick out that final pass, a hard thing to do, but not straight into | :18:03. | :18:04. | |
the area where Taylor can play. Aberdeen still with the likes of | :18:05. | :18:25. | |
Smith and Bidwell Goodwillie scored his only two goals of the season | :18:26. | :18:32. | |
here, in a 3-1 win. Taylor read that well initially. They are shouting | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
for hand ball against the big Aberdeen defender. Its Hayes beating | :18:37. | :18:45. | |
Buaben. Augustyn always favour against McGinn. Here goes Djoum. | :18:46. | :18:55. | |
Shinnie on the Hearts midfielder. You see a couple of things for less | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
fouls, if you like. Graeme Shinnie has come in, he's laid, possibly | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
because it is on the halfway line. -- he is late. For me, that's a | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
poorer challenge than the two yellow cards we saw in the game. Shinnie | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
has played half his games for Aberdeen in midfield. He is | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
versatile. It's Buaben. Shinnie cleared, he played right back for | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
college is Linda final against Falkirk in May last year. -- lifting | :19:29. | :19:36. | |
college is Linda final against the trophy feels a long way away for | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
Graeme Shinnie right now. It's gone Aberdeen's way. We are right back at | :19:40. | :19:48. | |
the stand in Tynecastle, surrounded by Hearts supporters, who all | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
disagree with John Beaton and his linesman. Did he get it right? Hard | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
to tell. The fact Callum Paterson has gone backwards tends to suggest | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
he thought he had touched it out, but you have to argue your case | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
anyway. This is promising for the hosts, who has Sow, a heavy touch | :20:07. | :20:16. | |
from Sow. Danny Ward goes long. McGinn is going to get there. He | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
goes in early for that, Rooney misses it completely and Ozturk can | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
clear. That came from one long Danny Ward has come all the way out to | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
McGinn. A good spot from the goalkeeper, a great ball forward. | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
McGinn initially gets the ball in, Rooney is beyond the front post, he | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
knows he can't score. I think he's trying to help it on but Hearts had | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
knows he can't score. I think he's enough defenders back. The problem | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
here for Ozturk, back in the Hearts team after three months out. | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
He's going to continue for now. Aberdeen really drags through the | :20:57. | :21:12. | |
mud in that first half. -- dragged. Buaben has done enough to get it on | :21:13. | :21:20. | |
the Djoum. A foul by Considine on Sow. He's not having the best of | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
nights, Considine, so far. Scored here for Aberdeen in a | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
nights, Considine, so far. Scored semifinal against Dundee United that | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
the Dons would go on to lose heavily. It was a Craig Levein | :21:34. | :21:36. | |
Dundee heavily. It was a Craig Levein | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
the director of football here. What it's done is it's given Hearts a | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
free kick at the chance to load the it's done is it's given Hearts a | :21:47. | :21:56. | |
box. Sow amongst others wait, it is Ozturk's ball in. Across the bowels | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
of Logan, this is Nicholson. -- across the front of Logan. Nicholson | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
goes to ground. Logan wins possession. | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
I think when you examine the 45 minutes that we saw in that first | :22:17. | :22:23. | |
half, Craig, you have to say is one of the season and arguably the best | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
45 from Hearts, who are coming forward again here. | :22:30. | :22:30. | |
45 from Hearts, who are coming dropped down by Logan and now it's a | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
free kick and again, as I was talking about the first half, the | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
pressure is on the Aberdeen defence. Yes, maybe Hearts players fancy | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
their chances now. Sam Nicholson has good feet and will draw the free | :22:46. | :22:48. | |
kick and it's in a great area for Hearts. That is Ozturk, who is over | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
it, right on the angle. Rossi is out there as well. You | :22:56. | :23:16. | |
fancy Ozturk, who scored three free kicks aplenty for Hearts last | :23:17. | :23:17. | |
season. -- he scored free kicks aplenty for Hearts last | :23:18. | :23:27. | |
aplenty. It is Ozturk. Quite kicks aplenty for Hearts last | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
comfortable for the goalkeeper but from there you have to hit the | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
target. He struck it well but not in those movement on the ball to worry | :23:34. | :23:44. | |
the keeper. -- not enough movement on the ball to worry the keeper. | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
Here is Considine, he went early. Rooney goes to ground this time, | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
John Beaton with a good look at that. He has turned a blind eye. | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
Yes, certainly a big shout from Aberdeen players. Probably the best | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
piece of play from Aberdeen, getting the ball into the box there, but the | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
question was Adam Rooney grabs? Ozturk has the arm around the | :24:13. | :24:15. | |
shoulder, he goes down, if the referee sees that... It certainly | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
looks that way. Apologies if you are hearing any bad language in the | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
background. A frantic cup tie here at Tynecastle. It's a cup tie that | :24:27. | :24:35. | |
Hearts lead and at the moment we are heading into Monday's draw for the | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
last 16 -- they are heading into the draw. It's Niall McGinn. Blocked by | :24:40. | :24:49. | |
the first man. Jonny Hayes gets a second chance and that's poorer as | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
well. Well, can Aberdeen not clicking, you can turn to look at | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
Hayes and McGinn because when they click its normally then that have | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
them clicking. Yes, they are the catalysts, they are the guys that | :25:04. | :25:06. | |
get on the ball and take the opposition back, take on full-backs, | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
it hasn't happened. He is a ball into the box game from Adam Rooney, | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
the arm around the shoulders not clobbered but in the first task | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
Callum Paterson was dragged the same way after a corner soap six of one, | :25:19. | :25:20. | |
half a dozen of the other. Paterson rather sliced that ball, | :25:21. | :25:33. | |
Taylor to clear. Ozturk took a risk, Neil Alexander | :25:34. | :25:52. | |
had little doubt in his mind and watches his clearance. -- he botched | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
his clearance. Little moments like that can give impetus to the | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
opposition. Yes, composure is a wonderful thing but in some areas | :26:05. | :26:07. | |
your first thought has to be taking your chances. | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
Peter Pawlett wins the free kick. Both clubs would have been cursing | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
the draw they were handed at this stage, but really, not often in the | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
Scottish Cup you get an easy type and the holders Cally Thistle were | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
held by Stirling Albion today, 0-0. There will be | :26:33. | :26:42. | |
Aberdeen supporters in good voice. Here is McGinn, against Nicholson. | :26:43. | :26:54. | |
McGinn gets it this time, back it comes, just a bit too far for | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
Taylor. That's McLean, who is capable from there. They had to take | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
the shot one, didn't they, but he was desperate to see that ball come | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
to his opposite foot. On his left to chance there was a chance of winning | :27:09. | :27:11. | |
the goalkeeper. Good play from McGinn, but it comes back and he | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
never looked confident he would be hitting the target, McLean. | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
As things stand, Aberdeen you would think would be delighted if they got | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
a replay out of this. If there was to be a replay. It is in a few days' | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
time, Wednesday night, at Pittodrie. Still Hearts in the box seat. They | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
haven't been haps quite as dominant in the opening minutes of the second | :27:40. | :27:49. | |
half -- perhaps quite as dominant. Still Neil Alexander hasn't really | :27:50. | :27:53. | |
had a save to make. It will concern Derek McInnes. Paul at this time is | :27:54. | :28:04. | |
upended by Rossi. -- Peter Pawlett. I think Aberdeen are stopping Hearts | :28:05. | :28:08. | |
playing better, but now they need to start playing themselves. Peter | :28:09. | :28:12. | |
Pawlett gets his toe in there, goes to ground and gets a free kick in a | :28:13. | :28:19. | |
good area. You just never know, do you? Aberdeen battered Dundee in the | :28:20. | :28:21. | |
Scottish Cup last season and went out. A different story this time | :28:22. | :28:26. | |
around. They have a free kick here will stop McGinn takes it, not bad. | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
Alexander gets there. Must be offside, that's an old Aberdeen free | :28:34. | :28:38. | |
kick, isn't it? That will take the lead back to the good old days, I | :28:39. | :28:41. | |
think Gordon Strachan used to work that one. The game against Bayern | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
Munich, of course. Looked like you've made pigs ear of it and get a | :28:48. | :28:55. | |
dangerous ball the box. -- into the box. Willie will be watching in the | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
studio, Aberdeen have an won the Scottish Cup since his playing days. | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
-- haven't won the Scottish Cup since his playing days. | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
That Scottish Cup final was the first to be decided by a penalty | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
shoot-out. Against Celtic. The Dons have certainly seen more of | :29:17. | :29:38. | |
the ball. What they do with it is the big problem for them right now. | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
Just a sense that Hearts are looking a bit less relaxed at the back. They | :29:44. | :29:55. | |
do tend to do that. There was a league game here recently against | :29:56. | :29:58. | |
Dundee, they were 1-0 up, all over Dundee, but they ended up with a 1-1 | :29:59. | :30:09. | |
draw. A good run forward by Djum. Held onto. McGivern gets it straight | :30:10. | :30:22. | |
back to Hearts. Hearts 1, Aberdeen 0, as it has been since minute | :30:23. | :30:24. | |
three. When Aberdeen won that cup in | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
they defeated Hearts en route. Aberdeen in 2006, with their own | :30:31. | :30:49. | |
penalty shoot out victory against Gretna. Another offside against | :30:50. | :30:51. | |
Aberdeen. Reasons to be optimistic for | :30:52. | :31:03. | |
Aberdeen supporters in the last 16 minutes? Certainly better. Hearts | :31:04. | :31:08. | |
are not as dominating as they were in the first half. But you still | :31:09. | :31:14. | |
need and opportunity. You look at Neil | :31:15. | :31:15. | |
need and opportunity. You look at means somebody has to produce a bit | :31:16. | :31:17. | |
of magic. A chilly night in Edinburgh. Hearts | :31:18. | :31:31. | |
were red-hot in that first half. Robbie Neilson and Stevie Crawford | :31:32. | :31:49. | |
looking after things in the technical area for Hearts these | :31:50. | :31:58. | |
days. He's not happy with something or someone, Derek McInnes. | :31:59. | :32:04. | |
days. He's not happy with something Aberdeen's long wait for silverware | :32:05. | :32:08. | |
in that Wendy 14 League Cup triumph. As far as cups have been concerned, | :32:09. | :32:13. | |
it has been utter frustration since then, losing the Scottish Cup | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
semifinal to St Johnstone, out of the League Cup semifinals. Reynolds. | :32:19. | :32:31. | |
Aberdeen are struggling here. Ozturk. There is Nicholson. Well, I | :32:32. | :32:43. | |
just wonder, had that not been deflected behind, if that was | :32:44. | :32:47. | |
sailing into the top corner, both Danny Ward looked concerned. Is | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
touch was great and it set up, asking to be volleyed. UCB | :32:53. | :32:55. | |
goalkeeper scrambling like that, he knew it was going to be close. When | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
you see the goalkeeper scrambling like that. | :33:03. | :33:16. | |
He should have just headed it back into the bowl. I think he wanted to | :33:17. | :33:23. | |
take it on his chest. He has been great on that the proposed area. -- | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
on that back post area. Hearts were just relieved it wasn't | :33:30. | :33:47. | |
Celtic. They have knocked them out of the last three competitions. They | :33:48. | :33:53. | |
went out of this year's season across the city against Hibs. We | :33:54. | :34:00. | |
have a semifinal right here to look forward to against St Johnstone at | :34:01. | :34:07. | |
the end of the month. Callum Paterson, Rooney. Bullet in middle. | :34:08. | :34:16. | |
Peter Pawlett is asking for the ball. Adam Rooney, as a striker, as | :34:17. | :34:20. | |
soon as you get clear, clear touch for Callum Paterson. He was looking | :34:21. | :34:27. | |
for a shot on target. Fair play to Alexander, because he had to hold | :34:28. | :34:31. | |
onto it. Peter Pawlett was waiting for it. | :34:32. | :34:55. | |
The draw for round five of the William Hill Scottish Cup is to come | :34:56. | :34:58. | |
Alexander punches it away. on Monday evening. | :34:59. | :35:07. | |
Alexander punches it away. Beaton not happy with the challenge. | :35:08. | :35:14. | |
Better from Aberdeen. Jonny Hayes all of a sudden gets a bit of space. | :35:15. | :35:16. | |
He looks at the all of a sudden gets a bit of space. | :35:17. | :35:20. | |
And a bit of pressure. I couldn't see a free kick there... Oh, there | :35:21. | :35:27. | |
was a bit of a push, possibly by Graham Sherry. -- Graeme Shinnie. | :35:28. | :35:41. | |
Neil Alexander was the Rangers goalkeeper twice when they won the | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
cup in 2008. He is a good kicker, Danny Ward. He | :35:46. | :36:07. | |
has kept out Jonny Hayes. A foul by Paterson. Normally I would say it is | :36:08. | :36:14. | |
a great chance to get the ball into the box, but I think that he has to | :36:15. | :36:22. | |
be the target. Nobody else in Aberdeen is getting those eyeballs. | :36:23. | :36:25. | |
If you get it in there, you never know what is going to happen. As | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
ever, Hayes and McGinn. McGinn's ball. Dropped back to Hayes. Good | :36:32. | :36:39. | |
play by Hayes. Across it comes! What a chance that was for Considine! | :36:40. | :36:46. | |
What a miss! And opportunity does not come any better. Get it in there | :36:47. | :36:52. | |
and just take your chances. This shot comes across, Andrew Considine | :36:53. | :36:57. | |
gets it on target. The goalkeeper has no chance, but he manages to get | :36:58. | :37:02. | |
his toe onto the ball. Up and over the bar. That is a guilt edged | :37:03. | :37:11. | |
opportunity that has gone again. OK, Considine probably expecting Adam | :37:12. | :37:17. | |
Rooney to get a touch on that. Doing him a favour. Still a huge chance | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
and a huge moment in this cup tie. Relief for Hearts. They still lead | :37:23. | :37:31. | |
as we go into the final quarter. Graeme Shinnie and all kinds of | :37:32. | :37:35. | |
pressure, three or four Hearts players around him. Miguel | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
Pallardo's ball calmly dealt with by Taylor. Hearts needs to calm down. | :37:41. | :37:46. | |
Aberdeen are getting back into the game. They need to -- they don't | :37:47. | :37:53. | |
need to score that killer goal. I just need to take the sting at | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
Aberdeen. Is a bad miss by Considine, but it might light the | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
blue touch paper and the visitors, who have barely troubled Alexander | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
all night. Hearts making a change shortly. Billy King is going to come | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
on for Sam Nicholson. He hasn't been anywhere near as prominent in this | :38:15. | :38:15. | |
second half. I think he got a knock earlier when | :38:16. | :38:33. | |
he won the free kick. He is moving OK. | :38:34. | :38:37. | |
An ambitious ball for McLean by Hayes. Away by Paterson. Straight on | :38:38. | :38:46. | |
to Considine. And to Dean was shot with it. It is Reynolds. Big chance. | :38:47. | :38:59. | |
Andy Considine is having a horrible night but Osman Sow was looking to | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
put Hearts into the next stage. night but Osman Sow was looking to | :39:06. | :39:12. | |
a one goal deficit, you struggle to seeing them do it twice. Aberdeen | :39:13. | :39:14. | |
have to take their chances. Still going close. Andy Considine | :39:15. | :39:34. | |
gets caught by Prince Buaben. Reynolds caught off. -- popped off. | :39:35. | :39:46. | |
He hit the target. As you watch Osman Sow touch -- testing the | :39:47. | :39:55. | |
goalkeeper... Nicholson seems to be struggling. | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
Billy King, 21. He will get the final 20 minutes of this game. | :40:07. | :40:15. | |
Like-for-like, Sam Nicholson. He final 20 minutes of this game. | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
run his course, he worked away, he didn't get much change at the | :40:20. | :40:22. | |
Aberdeen defence, but a bit of power at the back and closing down and | :40:23. | :40:24. | |
doing what Hearts have done at the back and closing down and | :40:25. | :40:29. | |
night. They are good friends, Sam Nicholson and Billy King. Aberdeen | :40:30. | :40:34. | |
are going to make a change shortly. David Goodwillie is going to come on | :40:35. | :40:38. | |
for Andrew Considine, we hear. Here is the confirmation. Considine is | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
missed a sitter. He has had a few nervy moments at the back. David | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
Goodwillie will nervy moments at the back. David | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
Rooney. He scored twice in the league in September. Aberdeen need | :40:52. | :40:54. | |
more magic from him. He knows league in September. Aberdeen need | :40:55. | :41:00. | |
the Hearts defenders know that. Derek | :41:01. | :41:02. | |
the Hearts defenders know that. might just repeat itself. A polar | :41:03. | :41:08. | |
opposite performance in the first half | :41:09. | :41:13. | |
opposite performance in the first were 3-0 up here, the men in black | :41:14. | :41:14. | |
and white. Very tight for Aberdeen. He | :41:15. | :41:47. | |
mis-controls it. It has been that kind of night in Aberdeen. Just | :41:48. | :41:51. | |
about sums it up. You are driving forward. Aberdeen players might just | :41:52. | :41:58. | |
take a look at the goal and go for it. A good position out wide, but | :41:59. | :42:07. | |
the final pass let them down again. Hearts continuing this wonderful | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
scoring record that they have. They have now only failed to score in | :42:12. | :42:14. | |
eight of their last 75 matches, all told. Three of those games were | :42:15. | :42:19. | |
against Celtic, including two cup ties. Just four times this season. | :42:20. | :42:27. | |
They did pick up a point that day in a 00 -- in a 0-0 draw. They were | :42:28. | :42:35. | |
agreed to drop anything in another game. Jordan McGhee's late handball. | :42:36. | :42:47. | |
Forced to concede a throw one. -- a throw in. | :42:48. | :42:56. | |
Igor Ross and is walking up to take this. | :42:57. | :43:08. | |
Hearts edging closer to the fifth round. | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
Misunderstanding between Pallardo and Djum. | :43:17. | :43:44. | |
He is onside. He has got Reilly the middle. It is the right idea why the | :43:45. | :43:56. | |
big Swede. It is too near the goals. If you are not going to take on the | :43:57. | :44:02. | |
shot... He might just be on a level with Mark Reynolds. When he gets | :44:03. | :44:04. | |
there, he needs to go straight across. | :44:05. | :44:19. | |
Callum Paterson with the only goal of this cup ties so far. It came | :44:20. | :44:29. | |
early. They have not really looked like surrendering it. Was that | :44:30. | :44:32. | |
Considine opportunity, which was scooped over, but by and large | :44:33. | :44:39. | |
Hearts have kept Aberdeen at handling -- at arm's length. | :44:40. | :44:45. | |
Everyone of them is big, strong and athletic and they have given away. | :44:46. | :44:51. | |
-- and they have given nothing away. athletic and they have given away. | :44:52. | :44:58. | |
Djum, who has looked like a class act since arriving at Hearts. That | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
is a lovely ball. Lots of options in the middle. A good one thereby | :45:04. | :45:11. | |
Reilly. He takes his eye off it and the pressure is back on Aberdeen. | :45:12. | :45:19. | |
Reilly left it and Hearts still emerged with the ball. Buaben, | :45:20. | :45:31. | |
Paterson. Away by Taylor. Hearts are going to bring Juanma on in a | :45:32. | :45:33. | |
moment, for Gavin Reilly. going to bring Juanma on in a | :45:34. | :45:38. | |
gone over are Reynolds, Sow is in here. Good covering back there by | :45:39. | :45:45. | |
Taylor. A debt of gratitude to his centre-back partner is owed because | :45:46. | :45:49. | |
it is a decent ball forward, Ms read by Mark Reynolds. Taylor makes some | :45:50. | :45:53. | |
great ground there to get on the challenge. -- it was Ms read by Mark | :45:54. | :46:00. | |
Reynolds. Aberdeen are steering down the barrel of Scottish Cup exit | :46:01. | :46:07. | |
there, just 40 minutes to play. King's corner kick is away by Logan. | :46:08. | :46:14. | |
A nice change of gear there by Prince Buaben, suddenly finding | :46:15. | :46:21. | |
loads of space again. Sow's effort is spilt by Ward. He had an option | :46:22. | :46:29. | |
in Rossi out wide left as well, but Sow couldn't resist. I think he was | :46:30. | :46:33. | |
trying to surprise the goalkeeper by pulling the trigger early. Still, | :46:34. | :46:38. | |
Aberdeen in this cup tie. The question is can they put the Hearts | :46:39. | :46:42. | |
defence, which has been barely tested this evening, under the cosh, | :46:43. | :46:48. | |
in the closing stages of it? Here is Peter Pawlett. | :46:49. | :46:55. | |
in the closing stages of it? Here is good, coming on for the injured | :46:56. | :46:57. | |
Willo Flood in the first half. This is McLean. A corner. It did come off | :46:58. | :47:06. | |
Pallardo. I mentioned the Hearts back before, Pallardo in front has | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
been quality as well. Just never given Aberdeen a minute to settle on | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
the ball. This is just Aberdeen's second corner kick of the night. | :47:16. | :47:18. | |
They are in a hurry. Understandably so. It comes from Hayes, steep. | :47:19. | :47:30. | |
Easily away by King and now it's Sow. This is where Aberdeen punished | :47:31. | :47:34. | |
Hearts in the league meeting earlier in the season. Danny Ward has | :47:35. | :47:43. | |
committed himself and he had to. Now that's another potential major point | :47:44. | :47:50. | |
in this Scottish Cup tie. Too much on the path, credit Danny Ward, he | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
was on his toes, he started from a good position and made up the ground | :47:55. | :47:58. | |
quickly and that was a good challenge -- there was too much on | :47:59. | :48:15. | |
the path. -- pass. Still Hearts are chasing Aberdeen, every time a Dons | :48:16. | :48:17. | |
player has the ball. Hearts, as you would expect with the | :48:18. | :48:49. | |
height advantage, have dealt with the cross balls and long | :48:50. | :48:53. | |
height advantage, have dealt with night, pretty soundly. Goodwillie | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
takes it. Pawlett, was he pushed? Yes, says John Beaton. It's the kind | :49:01. | :49:04. | |
of area where you would like to cause problems but it's a bit | :49:05. | :49:08. | |
further out than I would imagine somebody thinking they could beat | :49:09. | :49:12. | |
the goalkeeper from there. It is something on the training ground. I | :49:13. | :49:20. | |
told you about this ages ago, Juanma, on for Reilly. He has made | :49:21. | :49:27. | |
an impression since arriving in the summer. He is on for the closing | :49:28. | :49:35. | |
stages of it. Nine goals this campaign. Osman Sow recently | :49:36. | :49:44. | |
replaced him as top scorer. He is on ten. I think Kenny McLean fancies | :49:45. | :49:49. | |
this. It's one way out, isn't it? But he's got just over ten minutes | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
left for he and his team-mates to try and salvage this. McGinn leaves | :49:55. | :49:58. | |
it for McLean. Comfortable for Alexander. Yes, it's the modern-day | :49:59. | :50:05. | |
free kick, the side foot and the ball moves and it causes all sorts | :50:06. | :50:09. | |
of problems for the goalkeeper, Merc but straight | :50:10. | :50:16. | |
of problems for the goalkeeper, Merc and no movement. It was never | :50:17. | :50:17. | |
threatening Neil Alexander, that one. | :50:18. | :50:22. | |
This was another hairy moment for the Aberdeen defence. Yes, the final | :50:23. | :50:38. | |
pass is better here. It's one-on-one. Look how much ground the | :50:39. | :50:43. | |
goalkeeper makes up there, really good play from the keeper. Danny | :50:44. | :50:49. | |
Ward on what loan from Liverpool, he's in a five-year contract | :50:50. | :50:52. | |
Ward on what loan from Liverpool, he arrived on loan at Aberdeen. He | :50:53. | :50:59. | |
is highly thought of at Anfield. As much as at Pittodrie. This is | :51:00. | :51:10. | |
Shinnie, the Goodwillie. His old Dundee United Scottish Cup winning | :51:11. | :51:13. | |
team-mate, Prince Buaben, takes it away from him. Sow I think is | :51:14. | :51:20. | |
on-site here, yes. He knew it him self. Again, the clock ticks down. | :51:21. | :51:26. | |
The Aberdeen need a bit of craft, don't they? It's what they've got | :51:27. | :51:31. | |
their and it's the offside position so the linesman got it spot on but | :51:32. | :51:38. | |
Aberdeen need a bit of Kraft, a bit of guile, in the final third. They | :51:39. | :51:43. | |
just can't get it going in the final third. That's a heavy touch by | :51:44. | :51:50. | |
Pallardo. Hayes was outmuscled and booed by Callum Paterson. It's been | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
the story for Aberdeen tonight. To be fair, it was McGinn in the first | :51:58. | :52:00. | |
half who went at him and got be fair, it was McGinn in the first | :52:01. | :52:04. | |
out of him and Jonny Hayes in the second half hasn't got a lot more. | :52:05. | :52:13. | |
It's his goal that is sending Hearts through Aberdeen's the expense. As | :52:14. | :52:22. | |
things stand. Two ties to come tomorrow, Rangers, Cowdenbeath, | :52:23. | :52:26. | |
Stranraer, Celtic, on BBC Radio 1 for that. -- BBC radio Scotland for | :52:27. | :52:33. | |
that. Hearts trying to see this out. Aberdeen yet to beat hearts in the | :52:34. | :52:49. | |
Scottish Cup tie at Tynecastle, they have won here in the Scottish Cup | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
previously. Against Dundee United in the semifinal, when they lost won | :52:55. | :52:58. | |
the trophy. They are heading out as things stand, you saw anything | :52:59. | :53:04. | |
McLean got might have taken it passed its keeper. Aberdeen have | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
struggled with that ball evening. They would rip your arm off for a | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
replay, Aberdeen. Hearts seven minutes away, plus stoppage time. A | :53:16. | :53:19. | |
place in the last 16. Derek McInnes and Tony Docherty, | :53:20. | :53:42. | |
still Tony Docherty writing things down in his pad but it's all about | :53:43. | :53:46. | |
what is left in the cup and there's not much left of it but and four | :53:47. | :53:55. | |
Hearts, not much left to defend. It's | :53:56. | :53:57. | |
Hearts, not much left to defend. performances of the season. | :53:58. | :54:10. | |
They have been up for it, they've been up to it. Robbie Neilson's | :54:11. | :54:16. | |
side. Hearts are about to bring on Jordan | :54:17. | :54:43. | |
McGhee, who infamously became a Hearts supporter, gifted Aberdeen a | :54:44. | :54:47. | |
victory at Pittodrie, as Juanma is flagged off. Literally handed | :54:48. | :54:52. | |
Aberdeen three points that day, conceding a late penalty, which was | :54:53. | :54:56. | |
converted by Adam Rooney. Derek McInnes has decided to push Taylor | :54:57. | :55:01. | |
up as a striker, I think. Certainly pushed him forward for this free | :55:02. | :55:04. | |
kick and I expect him to stay there. We shall see. It comes to nothing | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
though, the free kick. Rossi gives it away, it's Kenny McLean who has | :55:12. | :55:16. | |
the overlap. Here is McLean. The McGinn now, down to the byline. It's | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
not a bad ball in. Rooney's header, straight at Alexander. Hearts | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
survive. Yes, better again from Aberdeen. Hearts gave the ball away, | :55:29. | :55:35. | |
it was Rossi. A decent ball into the middle, Rooney doesn't get enough on | :55:36. | :55:43. | |
the final effort. Find -- final five. Shay Logan. Takes the high | :55:44. | :55:54. | |
road. Rooney did win that, in Augustyn with a crucial touch. He | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
barges Pawlett to the ground. A very silly place to give it away, as | :56:00. | :56:08. | |
well. It's one of those challenges, you are going in full pelt, the | :56:09. | :56:12. | |
player gets there before you, you lean into them, you know the player | :56:13. | :56:15. | |
will go to ground and you know the referee will give a free kick in a | :56:16. | :56:20. | |
dangerous area. There's a yellow card came out. It's August and I | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
think got the card, it was Ozturk who was bellowing at John Beaton, | :56:26. | :56:33. | |
the referee -- Augustyn I think got the card. In time, it's another Dean | :56:34. | :56:41. | |
free kick. -- and Aberdeen free kick. They haven't really threatened | :56:42. | :56:49. | |
with the free kicks, Aberdeen, in this game, as we have seen them do | :56:50. | :56:55. | |
on numerous occasions this season. Set pieces is something they have | :56:56. | :56:58. | |
used to their benefit and they do so here. McGinn with the right, McLean | :56:59. | :57:07. | |
on the left, both capable. It's Maclean, it's off the wall, it's | :57:08. | :57:11. | |
back with McGinn and its worldwide. Hearts move a step closer to the | :57:12. | :57:17. | |
next stage. Yes, it's a big wall. Some of those players are over six | :57:18. | :57:23. | |
foot. Running out of time, it's another chance gone far Aberdeen. | :57:24. | :57:26. | |
They just didn't strike it well enough and get it over the wall. | :57:27. | :57:34. | |
McGinn's effort there, meantime Osman Sow has | :57:35. | :57:41. | |
McGinn's effort there, meantime Jordan McGhee. Robbie Neilson | :57:42. | :57:44. | |
shoring things up as we move towards the final couple of minutes. We are | :57:45. | :57:45. | |
almost there. third in the Premiership. And | :57:46. | :58:09. | |
Aberdeen's season might be down to just the league again. It was Ozturk | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
who was booked a moment ago, rather than Rossi, who committed the foul. | :58:16. | :58:22. | |
Ozturk had plenty to say. Taylor didn't get much on that but it came | :58:23. | :58:27. | |
to Goodwillie. Is there a hand? Yes, says the referee. They Hearts free | :58:28. | :58:35. | |
kick. Yes, the free kicks for Hearts far too easily. | :58:36. | :58:42. | |
Craig Hill Scottish Cup man of the matches | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
and I don't think it's going to come as much of a surprise to that many | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
people. It could have been a team, Hearts have been that good tonight | :58:53. | :58:55. | |
but the one goal separates the sides. He scored the | :58:56. | :58:59. | |
but the one goal separates the with beginning the first half, his | :59:00. | :59:03. | |
dealt with Hayes in the second half and my man of the matches Callum | :59:04. | :59:07. | |
Paterson, of Hearts. As gone all the way back to Alexander, who | :59:08. | :59:22. | |
Aberdeen's need is urgent. haven't been in a Scottish Cup final | :59:23. | :59:35. | |
since 2000. Semifinalists and Derek McInnes a couple of seasons ago. -- | :59:36. | :59:45. | |
under Derek McInnes. Hayes with the cross. It came to McGinn, spilt by | :59:46. | :59:51. | |
Alexander. Rossi was there. Great effort. Hit the target from a | :59:52. | :00:17. | |
difficult angle. Be stoppage time will be four minutes. Which we have | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
gone into. Pawlett, the cross. You | :00:22. | :00:35. | |
has gone through the player to get the ball, but I don't end there was | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
any danger of doing any damage. -- I don't think. | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
Rooney flicks on. That was Taylor. Goodwillie. Goodwillie wins Aberdeen | :00:48. | :00:58. | |
a corner. Danny Ward is coming up for it. All hands to the pump. | :00:59. | :01:13. | |
a corner. Danny Ward is coming up a goal-scorer? The delivery, which | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
was one by Reynolds. Held onto by Alexander will stop from a Taylor | :01:18. | :01:27. | |
header. Danny Ward in the opponents of D box. Good work from Aberdeen. | :01:28. | :01:36. | |
No place on the ball. He tries to generate pace | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
No place on the ball. He tries to keeper. Can't generate enough pace | :01:41. | :01:40. | |
to worry Alexander. Ozturk is decked. The clock ticks | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
down. It is an Aberdeen throw in, midway | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
inside the Hearts half. A couple of challenges, and Callum | :02:03. | :02:18. | |
Paterson gets him down. I think Hearts are seeing that the ball was | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
played out by them to allow it to be given to Ozturk. Jonny Hayes was not | :02:24. | :02:32. | |
given the ball back. This is the nonsense you get at the end of every | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
game now. If Hearts knock the ball out, one of their players is down. | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
Aberdeen think, that is vital seconds that we can't get attacked. | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
Jonny Hayes decided to play on. A bit of bad feeling about this if | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
this ball ends up in the back of the net. This could be the last chance | :02:52. | :03:00. | |
Aberdeen. Ward stays up. Niall McGinn to take. We are about to go | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
into the final minute of injury time. Was that a push? There was, I | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
Shay Logan. It is a hearts free kick. That might be about it. I | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
think you will find that Alexander will take an absolute eternity to | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
take the free kick, get it out wide. Another yellow card for Alexander. | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
Ozturk, Paterson, Alexander, all booked. This could total across the | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
competition, because you would imagine that Hearts will be | :03:39. | :03:48. | |
continuing in the competition. Hearts so close. And Aberdeen are | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
so, so close to the exit door again. Another painful Scottish Cup night | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
for Aberdeen, by the looks of things, unless they can rescue | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
for Aberdeen, by the looks of here. Goodwillie chases, he gets | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
there. Taylor, Logan. Corner. The pressure is on. Aberdeen keep | :04:12. | :04:18. | |
knocking at the door but so, -- but, so far, every ball that has come in | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
there, Hearts have managed to block. All or nothing for Aberdeen. If | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
Hearts defend this, they are through. Niall McGinn's corner. John | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
Beaton will signal the end of the cup tie. Hearts are through to round | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
five. A wonderful first half performance has taken them through. | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Alan Paterson's goal inside three minutes is enough to take the Jam | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
Tarts through to the next stage. -- Callum Paterson. For Aberdeen, | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
another early exit. They go out at the first | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
another early exit. They go out at season. A wonderful performance from | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
Hearts, one of their best of the campaign. They were vibrant, | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
confident, and they have seen the job through. Aberdeen paying for a | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
poor first half. They were better in the second, but it is a painful | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
night for them and it is a joyful one for the Jam Tarts, thanks to | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
that man, Callum Paterson's sixth goal of the season. It finishes here | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
A powerful performance from Hearts, at Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 1, | :05:34. | :05:51. | |
A powerful performance from Hearts, blasting out of the blocks, thanks | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
to Callum Paterson. They got the job done, Michael Stewart. You hit the | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
nail on the head. It was a powerful performance. It lacked something in | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
the second half but, over I don't think too many people can | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
argue with the result, although there is no doubt that Aberdeen did | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
come back into it in the second half without creating any really | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
clear-cut opportunities, apart from that Andrew Considine chance. Maybe | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
Ash Taylor's header towards the end as well. Did they deserve to take | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
the tie any further? We will get that answer in a second. We will | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
hear now from the man whose goal won the match tonight and it has taken | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
Hearts into the last 16, Callum Paterson. | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
Congratulations. Your goal, the difference. A deserved victory in | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
the end? We played our best football in the first half. We were a bit | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
slack in the second, but we deserved the result. We had worked on the | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
corner during the week and there were not many going at me. It looked | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
like a tough shift out there tonight. It was hard. They are a | :07:01. | :07:08. | |
tough squad. We know that the team spirit at this club is huge. How far | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
can that take you in the competition? It is a massive game in | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the league as well. We have got a good squad and a good atmosphere in | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
the changing room. We need to take that forward. Congratulations, you | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
are the Man of the Match. Enjoy. Thank you. | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
Callum Paterson's fifth goal of the season takes Hearts into the last | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
16. Always a young man who is involved in games, and their only | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
goal of this game couldn't have been much earlier. It couldn't, and he | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
took it well, reacting to the ball coming to him. He got a good touch, | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
good power, turning it into the back of the net. Throughout, he was | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
superb. Jonny Hayes was well muscled by him, that is for sure. This is | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
the goal. He react to it. It is instinctive. But good power, and he | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
finds his spot extremely well into the top corner. That goal made all | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
the difference. It is so important, starting a game positively and | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
positively. On occasions like this, it settled it. Of course. The game | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
positively. On occasions like this, against Celtic at Tynecastle was | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
very much the same ilk. They had to start weekly and on the front foot. | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
They have picked up a draw against Celtic and they have got a win | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
against Aberdeen whereas earlier in the season, performances against | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
Aberdeen and Celtic were far too passive. The start was vital, | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
because it really knocked Aberdeen out of their stride. When they came | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
into the game in the second half, it was a wee bit more, without being a | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
great deal of finesse, Aberdeen got into the game physically a bit, and | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
a lot was down to the fact that they were not allowed to get any passing | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
play in the first half. Did Aberdeen deserved more than they got? I don't | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
think so. Even in the second half, Aberdeen created a couple of | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
chances, Andrew Considine possibly be best, Niall McGinn with one at | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
the back post. It was a narrow angle. But you are probably talking | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
about two or 3/2 chances. In the first half, nothing at all. Hearts, | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
total domination. I was struggling at half-time to see how Hearts could | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
keep the tempo up. Aberdeen didn't play enough football for me, they | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
didn't get the chance, because Hearts were so physical in terms of | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
closing them down. And I thought, you know, the winners tonight were | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
Hearts, without any doubt. They deserved it. Robbie Neilson will not | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
be screaming from the rooftops, it's not his style, but Hearts will | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
privately believe that they can win the second -- the Scottish Cup. You | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
have to keep reminding yourself that this is a newly promoted team. Of | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
course, but they are not a typical championship side that have just | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
been promoted. They are a Premiership side in infrastructure, | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
the squad that is there. To find them at the top of the table is not | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
a big surprise. You are totally right, there is no reason why they | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
shouldn't be able to challenge for Aberdeen for the second place in the | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
league, and no reason why they shouldn't go further in the Scottish | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
Cup, as long as they don't get another typical team -- difficult | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
team in the next round. You will have Scottish Cup highlights tonight | :10:38. | :10:47. | |
on the BBC at 10:25pm. Some classic cup football, including an | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
athletic's giant-killing exploits. -- and an athletic's. At Tynecastle | :10:53. | :11:02. | |
tonight, Hearts have won their first Scottish Cup tie since landing the | :11:03. | :11:03. | |
trophy in 2012. # You make me feel | :11:04. | :11:30. | |
# Like I'm alive again... | :11:31. | :11:31. |