Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

:00:00. > :00:20.Hello, good evening and welcome to Sportscene.

:00:21. > :00:37.An absolute duty! Is this a bit of history? It is!

:00:38. > :00:54.Coming to you live from the nation's capital, it is Saturday Night Live,

:00:55. > :01:07.starring two of the top's most successful teams. This is the fourth

:01:08. > :01:14.time this has happened. Featuring some of the country's brightest

:01:15. > :01:24.talents. That is brilliant from Hayes. What a goal from Niall

:01:25. > :01:29.McGinn! It is a glory goal. Tynecastle is rocking now. With two

:01:30. > :01:36.of the touchline's top performers. Anything could happen. It's the

:01:37. > :01:43.Scottish Cup fourth round. It's Saturday Night Live with your host,

:01:44. > :01:48.Rob Maclean. I do like an understated

:01:49. > :01:52.introduction. Taking centre stage in the Scottish capital, two teams who

:01:53. > :01:57.have won the Scottish Cup 15 times between them, it is Hearts against

:01:58. > :02:03.Aberdeen, live on the BBC. Our guests are Michael Stewart and

:02:04. > :02:08.Willie Miller. The big Scottish Cup story so far today centres on lead

:02:09. > :02:17.to Annan Athletic who only joined the senior school set up in 2008.

:02:18. > :02:20.They have beaten Hamilton by 4-1. Plaudits for Stirling Albion who

:02:21. > :02:29.held Inverness Cali pistol to a goalless draw and Dunfermline one

:02:30. > :02:33.2-2 against Ross County. All the highlights later. Another Scottish

:02:34. > :02:39.Cup story is about to unfold at Tynecastle. Our man which side is

:02:40. > :02:43.Chris MacLachlan. The atmosphere is building up

:02:44. > :02:51.nicely. Hearts had not scored in this competition since they famously

:02:52. > :02:55.beat Hibernian 5-1 in the final in 2012. Let's look at the men that

:02:56. > :03:01.Robbie Neilson turns to this evening. Juanmi drops to the bench.

:03:02. > :03:12.Alim Ozturk comes to the centre of defence.

:03:13. > :03:19.As for the Dons, they have a 100% record against Hearts in the league

:03:20. > :03:23.this season, but they have never beaten them in the cup here at

:03:24. > :03:30.Tynecastle. A recognisable starting XI.

:03:31. > :03:41.The wide men of Hayes and McGinn are always dangerous, as is the striker,

:03:42. > :03:49.Adam Reynolds. And intriguing starting XI. What is your thinking?

:03:50. > :03:55.I brought Osman back in. He has been the main striker. He is ready to

:03:56. > :03:59.come back in. I think it has make it stronger, the changes. Tynecastle

:04:00. > :04:04.under the lights, this could be a cracker. I think it will lead great

:04:05. > :04:11.game, two teams desperate to get through. A big crowd, it should be a

:04:12. > :04:15.great game. I love it. You want to beat big teams. If you want to win

:04:16. > :04:22.the cup, you have to beat the best teams. Thank you.

:04:23. > :04:29.A familiar starting XI. Always good as a manager to go with the tried

:04:30. > :04:35.and tested? I think so. The team is very similar to the team which won

:04:36. > :04:39.it against Hearts a few weeks back at Pittodrie. Niall McGinn is in. We

:04:40. > :04:43.have trusted players and hopefully we will get the level of performance

:04:44. > :04:48.we are used to getting. It will take a good performance from us today.

:04:49. > :04:52.When you come up against a competitive team like Hearts. Safe

:04:53. > :04:57.to say you would rather have done without Hearts at this stage? When

:04:58. > :05:02.the draw is made, you see similar ties. There were easier ties, that

:05:03. > :05:06.goes without saying, but the best way of looking at it for us if it is

:05:07. > :05:11.a brilliant game to be involved in and to win. Ultimately, McGinn will

:05:12. > :05:19.see us into the next round. We want a performance to win it. It is a

:05:20. > :05:22.5:30pm kick-off, Hearts against Aberdeen at Tynecastle. Less than

:05:23. > :05:29.ten minutes away. Let's pick out a couple of key players. For Hearts,

:05:30. > :05:34.three changes, no Juanmi, but the player who has grabbed you is Arnaud

:05:35. > :05:38.Sutchuin Djum, the Belgian midfielder. He made a big impact

:05:39. > :05:38.Sutchuin Djum, the Belgian when he checked in. He has been

:05:39. > :05:41.impressive since he got when he checked in. He has been

:05:42. > :05:45.team. He settled in quickly. when he checked in. He has been

:05:46. > :05:49.highlighted him in quite a few clips. Once he has made the pass, he

:05:50. > :05:54.doesn't stand and admire it. This was a fantastic ball across the goal

:05:55. > :05:59.that Craig Gordon did really well to save. As the ball comes into him, he

:06:00. > :06:04.is in the half turn, driving it into the box, a very similar ball across

:06:05. > :06:06.as to the Celtic game. This one from a bit deeper, he drives into the box

:06:07. > :06:10.and get on the a bit deeper, he drives into the box

:06:11. > :06:13.knows where the back of the net is. It will be interesting to see how

:06:14. > :06:20.Hearts set up in the midfield. I It will be interesting to see how

:06:21. > :06:23.don't, he could play out wide or behind the striker. It will be

:06:24. > :06:30.interesting to see how they settle on the formation. Jonny Hayes is a

:06:31. > :06:37.favourite of you. How could you pick one? It is difficult, but Niall

:06:38. > :06:44.McGinn has the edge on both of them. Both fantastic players. McGinn, the

:06:45. > :06:49.great Creator. His delivery into the box from that free kick, superb. His

:06:50. > :06:54.movement is wonderful. He gets his head up as well. He is the type of

:06:55. > :07:00.player who plays with his head up. He goes back at defenders easily.

:07:01. > :07:05.This is just superb, isn't it, from a deep area, running into a space,

:07:06. > :07:09.prepared to take that chance? He gets the ball over the top, gets

:07:10. > :07:15.into an area he shouldn't get out of... This goal has a health warning

:07:16. > :07:22.for all Hearts fans. Incredible, defensively. You have to hand it to

:07:23. > :07:29.Niall McGinn. He beat one defender, he sizes up the situation, he sees

:07:30. > :07:33.Paterson, he seizes opportunity, picks his spot and put it where he

:07:34. > :07:40.wants to put it, the back of the net. There are two sides to the

:07:41. > :07:43.story. A great Aberdeen goal, but a shocker for Hearts, and presumably

:07:44. > :07:47.they will have watched that back a few times to try to ensure it

:07:48. > :07:54.doesn't happen tonight. Of course, but this is the thing about these

:07:55. > :07:58.two guys, they want to go in behind defences. As a defender, that is

:07:59. > :08:03.where you don't want guys to go. You don't want to have to turn and face

:08:04. > :08:08.your own goal and run back. It is too seldom in the modern game, where

:08:09. > :08:15.guys are not wanting to turn around behind. It causes problems. Hearts

:08:16. > :08:19.will have to try and mitigate Niall McGinn's runs in behind. How does

:08:20. > :08:24.that potentially impact psychologically and what happens in

:08:25. > :08:29.this game? I think it helps, the manner that Aberdeen played in the

:08:30. > :08:34.first half at Tynecastle last time. Saying that, Derek McInnes and the

:08:35. > :08:38.players will know it will be a tough night. They know it is an

:08:39. > :08:42.intimidating atmosphere. The page is fabulous to play on. Under the

:08:43. > :08:46.floodlights, it should lift them. As far as Aberdeen are concerned, the

:08:47. > :08:51.fact that they had beaten Hearts twice, the second game at Pittodrie

:08:52. > :08:55.very close, I think that gives them the edge. I feel that they have got

:08:56. > :09:01.be slightly more creative players. Hearts are very strong, good

:09:02. > :09:06.defensively, but I think Aberdeen and McGinn and Hayes and McLean, and

:09:07. > :09:11.we haven't even spoken about the main goal-scorer, Adam Rooney, as

:09:12. > :09:14.well. When he gets himself into the right position, and Hayes and McGinn

:09:15. > :09:21.are on form, Aberdeen are a potent force. They are huge players for

:09:22. > :09:24.Aberdeen. Aberdeen do well, the guys Willie has mentioned are bidding in

:09:25. > :09:29.a performance. I look at the game tonight and I think, very much like

:09:30. > :09:33.the Celtic game at Tynecastle, if Hearts are going to get anything out

:09:34. > :09:37.of this game they have to get on the front foot and put Aberdeen under

:09:38. > :09:42.pressure. The games that Aberdeen and Hearts have played so far this

:09:43. > :09:48.season, Hearts have been to posit -- passive and allowed Aberdeen to

:09:49. > :09:51.dominate. If Hearts are going to get anything out of this, they have to

:09:52. > :09:54.get on the front foot and put the pressure and Aberdeen. Their real

:09:55. > :10:01.strength is at the top end of the pitch. The teams are in the tunnel

:10:02. > :10:05.at Tynecastle. What a tie it promises to be. Hearts against

:10:06. > :10:08.Aberdeen for a place in the last 16 of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

:10:09. > :10:13.Your commentary team, Craig Paterson and Liam McLeod.

:10:14. > :10:20.Good evening. How many times do we hear the phrase under the lights

:10:21. > :10:23.mentioned in the last ten or 15 minutes? There is something special

:10:24. > :10:34.about Tynecastle when that is the case. Indeed, this evening kick-off

:10:35. > :10:37.on a Saturday is poised, and it has certainly got a chance of being up

:10:38. > :10:43.there with a true Scottish Cup classic. We will see. It is

:10:44. > :10:47.certainly two sides who are by and large been good form, but it is

:10:48. > :10:51.hardly betide that either of them dreamt of when the draw was made for

:10:52. > :10:56.the fourth round. As we heard from Robbie Neilson, you have to beat the

:10:57. > :10:58.good teams if you are going to lift the silverware. For Hearts and

:10:59. > :11:30.Aberdeen, it begins to decamp from the Scottish Cup at

:11:31. > :11:41.this stage for either of these two would be a savage blow on their

:11:42. > :11:45.respective campaigns. Huge travelling support down from the

:11:46. > :11:51.north east today. If Hearts fans have come out in large numbers as

:11:52. > :11:57.well. Aberdeen have sold their entire allocation, just over 3500

:11:58. > :12:00.have made the trip south. The conditions have been great --

:12:01. > :12:09.haven't been great up in the north-east these last couple of

:12:10. > :12:14.days. Robbie Neilson, dropping Juanmi to the bench, so Eeyore at

:12:15. > :12:18.each drops to left-back. Miguel Pallardo also returns to the fold

:12:19. > :12:25.for the first time the game at Pittodrie a month back. That was his

:12:26. > :12:32.last start. Osman Sow replaces a suspended player. The captain, Ryan

:12:33. > :12:36.Jack, is expected to be out until the end of February. Derek McInnes

:12:37. > :12:41.has not struggled to shuffle his pack when it has been necessary.

:12:42. > :12:47.Liam and -- Liam Shinnie goes into the side alongside Willo Flood. Adam

:12:48. > :12:52.Rooney is chasing his 15th goal of the season as he spearheaded the

:12:53. > :13:01.attack. Dons at full strength. Plenty of options for both teams.

:13:02. > :13:09.Aberdeen's David Goodwillie scored twice when Aberdeen won it there in

:13:10. > :13:16.September. The man in charge is 33-year-old John Beaton, who was

:13:17. > :13:21.here when Hearts lost the League Cup at the hands of Celtic in October.

:13:22. > :13:27.Derek McInnes against Robbie Neilson. It has been McGuinness who

:13:28. > :13:33.has come out on top in the two meetings so far. It was 3-1 year to

:13:34. > :13:41.September best in September to Aberdeen. The 13th meeting in this

:13:42. > :13:45.competition for two of the most successful clubs in the Scottish

:13:46. > :13:54.Cup. Hearts have won it eight times. They and seven. You have to go back

:13:55. > :14:03.to 1990 to find their last lifting of the Scottish Cup. It is Aberdeen,

:14:04. > :14:04.in black and white, and kick off. Hearts in maroon. The most famous

:14:05. > :14:15.meeting between these two of the Hearts in maroon. The most famous

:14:16. > :14:20.final, which Aberdeen one 3-0. Dundee made the headlines on the

:14:21. > :14:24.final day of that league season. Craig Paterson with me today. It is

:14:25. > :14:31.going to be tight, isn't it? I think so. I think Aberdeen came out better

:14:32. > :14:35.in the previous games this season, dominating in the early part of the

:14:36. > :14:42.game. Hearts will not want to let that happen tonight. Aberdeen's

:14:43. > :14:53.latest form isn't great, just two wins in their last 12 visits.

:14:54. > :15:03.Beaton, as possession goes to the visitors.

:15:04. > :15:10.They are shooting towards the school and, as they like to do, in

:15:11. > :15:13.They are shooting towards the school first half, at home. It was

:15:14. > :15:21.Nicholson, who is having a fine season.

:15:22. > :15:32.Boss gets it back from Nicholson. It might come to Sow here. A good start

:15:33. > :15:34.to the game by the hosts. That's a wonderful ball

:15:35. > :15:37.to the game by the hosts. That's a defenders, Mark Reynolds new facing

:15:38. > :15:41.his own goal, one option, take no chances, get the ball

:15:42. > :15:46.his own goal, one option, take no He had to spread from left Centre

:15:47. > :15:52.halves to write, to cover Taylor. He did so.

:15:53. > :16:00.Danny Ward between the sticks on loan from Liverpool, just organising

:16:01. > :16:08.his rearguard for the first assault. Nicholson's dinked delivery. Ozturk!

:16:09. > :16:12.his rearguard for the first assault. Callum Paterson! It's a dream start

:16:13. > :16:17.for Hearts, and they have finally scored in the Scottish Cup for the

:16:18. > :16:21.first time since they won the final in 2012. Well, here's an incredible

:16:22. > :16:26.goal thread. He's a good defender but at the other end he just scores,

:16:27. > :16:32.week after week. It's a clever corner. He's on his toes and a great

:16:33. > :16:38.flick in behind Danny Ward. Quality goalkeeper, Callum Paterson. He was

:16:39. > :16:44.hungry, he got his head on the ball and has opened the scoring for

:16:45. > :16:49.Hearts. It's a sixth goal of the season for Hearts's. Silences the

:16:50. > :16:52.Aberdeen supporters behind Danny Ward's goal, and it's certainly

:16:53. > :16:57.given Derek McInnes' meant something to think about in these early

:16:58. > :17:09.stages. Hearts in front against Aberdeen for the

:17:10. > :17:17.You mentioned he was a goal threat, Paterson, he played a big chunk of

:17:18. > :17:21.his early Hearts career in the first team as a striker. Yes, it's

:17:22. > :17:23.difficult up there because genuinely a wing back,

:17:24. > :17:29.difficult up there because genuinely athlete but he's so good in the

:17:30. > :17:33.errand if you get him at the back post you will help yourself to a few

:17:34. > :17:36.goals. Aberdeen's last Scottish Cup tie was at dens Park against Dundee

:17:37. > :17:42.and they conceded late. They've conceded early at the start of their

:17:43. > :17:48.subsequent tie, which they had to wait a while for. They played in the

:17:49. > :17:53.competition in 2015 -- they didn't play in the competition in 2015.

:17:54. > :18:05.Hearts free kick. Well, when you settle down the night

:18:06. > :18:11.before a game, you dream of an early goal and Robbie Neilson Wilby

:18:12. > :18:14.absolutely delighted -- he will be absolutely delighted. They have

:18:15. > :18:19.begun the game on the front foot and been rewarded for it. It's the

:18:20. > :18:24.perfect start, you are at home, you have a goal, you have the crowd on

:18:25. > :18:25.board, it allows you to dictate. They will go into the midfield area

:18:26. > :18:36.and ask questions. That's the goal-scorer with the long

:18:37. > :18:51.throw. He grabs onto it, snuffs it out. A

:18:52. > :18:55.lot been made of the size of the Hearts team, people say the

:18:56. > :18:58.physical. Every time they come into the box they are not allowing

:18:59. > :19:02.Aberdeen to clear the first ball and clear the box. They will continue to

:19:03. > :19:04.do that. From long throws, corner kicks, they will keep getting the

:19:05. > :19:17.ball in there. Aberdeen will want to respond. It's

:19:18. > :19:21.been a shaky start by them. A couple of draws in their last two games,

:19:22. > :19:29.one was better than the other. They came from 2-0 down to salvage a

:19:30. > :19:35.point against Caley Thistle. An -- 0-0 draw to Partick Thistle. They

:19:36. > :19:37.spend not once but twice the chance to go to the top of the league. --

:19:38. > :19:50.spurned. Very similar to the ball that led to

:19:51. > :19:54.the corner that led to the goal. It's just a long ball, back to

:19:55. > :19:58.front, turned in the Aberdeen defenders, put them on the defensive

:19:59. > :20:07.and moving Hearts 50 yards up the park. He's a real hero around these

:20:08. > :20:12.parts, Ozturk, he arrived park. He's a real hero around these

:20:13. > :20:24.summertime. Nicholson plays it back across. Almost.

:20:25. > :20:31.That's McGinn for Aberdeen, looking to send Rooney away. It's quality

:20:32. > :20:34.again from Hearts and it's the same ball, back post, win the header

:20:35. > :20:39.across the goal, if the striker can make up the ground it's a tap in. He

:20:40. > :20:43.doesn't make the best of it but it's been a great start. Sam Nicholson

:20:44. > :20:48.comes on the back post, great header back across, no takers therefore

:20:49. > :20:52.Hearts. It's all about the ball. Sam Nicholson is on the move, going

:20:53. > :20:59.backwards and forwards, always winning that. The good news for

:21:00. > :21:02.Aberdeen is the fact the goal came early, they have practically a whole

:21:03. > :21:07.cup tie to retrieve the situation and it's not like it's a Hearts team

:21:08. > :21:13.that is picking up clean sheet have to clean sheet. They do struggle to

:21:14. > :21:18.keep the opposition out. Ozturk, who is at the heart of the defence

:21:19. > :21:23.tonight, hasn't played much. August in shifts away from Rooney. --

:21:24. > :21:46.Augustyn. Kenny McLean arrived at the club

:21:47. > :21:51.almost a year ago. Derek McInnes was saying he doesn't expect to make any

:21:52. > :21:56.transfers over the next few weeks, during the winter transfer window.

:21:57. > :22:10.Happy to go with the squad Here is Pallardo. Graeme Shinnie

:22:11. > :22:20.sliding in a challenge there, Caley Thistle's skipper. Here is Sow gain.

:22:21. > :22:25.Reynolds can't handle Sow. Yes, once again it's a wonderful turn from

:22:26. > :22:29.Osman. He is quick over the ground, Mark Reynolds says if you are going

:22:30. > :22:31.to make a tackle outside the box, brings him down, yellow card for

:22:32. > :22:37.Mark Reynolds but it's another chance for Hearts.

:22:38. > :22:40.You would expect Mark Reynolds to make further challenges. Throughout

:22:41. > :22:53.this game. Meantime, we know what Alim Ozturk

:22:54. > :22:59.can do from outside the box in free kicks. It looks like three

:23:00. > :23:06.can do from outside the box in free foot is over there, a free kick that

:23:07. > :23:14.would really suit a left everyone is behind the ball here. It's going to

:23:15. > :23:19.be Sow. Considine, Knox clear. behind the ball here. It's going to

:23:20. > :23:23.is Djoum, still its Djoum. Did it behind the ball here. It's going to

:23:24. > :23:25.come off Aberdeen player? Yes, it did, and other corner. The pressure

:23:26. > :23:32.stays on. It's a did, and other corner. The pressure

:23:33. > :23:36.decent Streit but right into the wall. Hearts keep the pressure on,

:23:37. > :23:43.keep getting the ball in there and get the reward. Similar free kick,

:23:44. > :23:53.that one, to the one against Celtic late on, which Sow popped into the

:23:54. > :23:58.corner. A 2-2 draw here. Now it is Pallardo, Ward tries to get there

:23:59. > :24:04.and spills it and its wide by Augustyn. Aberdeen have the jitters!

:24:05. > :24:08.Well, they haven't settled at all. Kenny McLean, smashing that across

:24:09. > :24:13.your own box, is not a good idea and you think Danny Ward will settle

:24:14. > :24:19.things down. He lets it go and very fortunate not to be two down. It's a

:24:20. > :24:21.Dons free kick, meantime, Jonny Hayes, who was upended on the far

:24:22. > :24:28.side. He missed out on the Hayes, who was upended on the far

:24:29. > :24:34.in September, suspended. As far as Derek McInnes is

:24:35. > :24:41.concerned, it's about getting As far as Derek McInnes is

:24:42. > :24:45.team have been up against it. Here is McGinn. Taking on Reilly.

:24:46. > :25:04.McGinn's ball was poor. These sides looking

:25:05. > :25:09.Monday Broz-macro. For the last 16. -- Monday Broz-macro, for the last

:25:10. > :25:12.16. Plenty of teams already there after today's earlier fourth-round

:25:13. > :25:15.matches, including Annan Athletic of League Two, with a 4-1 hammering of

:25:16. > :25:26.Premiership Hamilton academic. Hearts look as though they want to

:25:27. > :25:29.finish this game off in the early stages. I think they know

:25:30. > :25:31.finish this game off in the early started well, they have Aberdeen on

:25:32. > :25:34.finish this game off in the early the back foot and they want to take

:25:35. > :25:37.advantage. They have one goal, but it's not enough of a cushion.

:25:38. > :25:47.Another one it's not enough of a cushion.

:25:48. > :25:48.is Pallardo. He emerges with it. John Beaton happy with the

:25:49. > :25:58.challenge. Here is Rossi. He has played at

:25:59. > :26:14.left-back on occasion this season. The man who was making the

:26:15. > :26:17.difference at the moment, Callum Paterson, with the only goal of the

:26:18. > :26:23.game. It arrived within four minutes. He is only 21. Seems to

:26:24. > :26:37.have been around for ages. The likes of Pete, Sam Nicholson,

:26:38. > :26:48.breaking into the Hearts team about the same time out of necessity

:26:49. > :26:53.really. A lovely play by Osman, didn't have the final ball. He looks

:26:54. > :26:58.in the mood tonight, that is for sure. Absolute quality, the touch,

:26:59. > :27:05.the trick, the only thing missing is the final ball. It didn't look at

:27:06. > :27:12.hand ball there, John Beaton didn't spot it. Hearts trying to make hay

:27:13. > :27:23.at Tynecastle, while they can. Ozturk Phil Mickelson. -- Ozturk,

:27:24. > :27:28.for Nicholson. Another corner. A quality ball from defence to attack

:27:29. > :27:32.has been perfect from Hearts. In behind the Aberdeen defence. The

:27:33. > :27:36.crossfield passes getting the wide players involved. The last time Sam

:27:37. > :27:40.Nicholson swept a corner in from this side of the stadium, Callum

:27:41. > :27:45.Paterson headed home. It was about ten minutes ago now.

:27:46. > :28:05.Aberdeen just can't get a hold of this game at all. Niall McGinn and

:28:06. > :28:08.Jonny Hayes can't get involved in the game because at the moment it's

:28:09. > :28:17.a real guard action for Aberdeen. Headed away by Taylor. That was

:28:18. > :28:25.Considine. Buaben loses it, Considine gets it back and now it's

:28:26. > :28:38.with McGinn. Maroon shirts flooding back in double quick time.

:28:39. > :28:53.Here is Taylor. A run from Rooney, Augustyn can cover it. A bit of

:28:54. > :28:58.relief for the Aberdeen defenders. It's good for Aberdeen, Neil

:28:59. > :29:06.Alexander very little to do so far. Let's see if they can conjure up

:29:07. > :29:14.something from the set piece. Logan, looking for movement. Straight back

:29:15. > :29:16.for the hosts and its Augustyn looking for Sow. He will keep

:29:17. > :29:45.chasing. Considine's testimonial season here,

:29:46. > :30:01.it's a poor ball from Jenny to McLean. -- Shinnie to McLean.

:30:02. > :30:05.Pallardo's last start for Hearts was at Pittodrie. He was taken off

:30:06. > :30:14.before he was sent off that day. Graeme Shinnie, a lovely run here.

:30:15. > :30:38.now for the Dons. Graeme Shinnie, a lovely run here.

:30:39. > :30:42.Saw this plenty in last season's competition. Aberdeen have got a

:30:43. > :30:44.free kick this time. Yellow for Pallardo. Very similar to the Mark

:30:45. > :30:47.Reynolds Pallardo. Very similar to the Mark

:30:48. > :30:50.you bring someone down when they are trying to get on goal the referee

:30:51. > :30:54.will go for the yellow card immediately. Down goes Shinnie and

:30:55. > :31:00.its first chance for Aberdeen to cause a bit bother. Just finished

:31:01. > :31:05.talking about the game at Pittodrie, he was booked in that one. Robbie

:31:06. > :31:12.Neilson took him off because he kept making those challenges, really, as

:31:13. > :31:15.he did then. A midfield player, a defender, you will be asked to make

:31:16. > :31:22.challenges, you have to be very careful now. This is the first

:31:23. > :31:27.legitimate chance for Aberdeen to force near like thunder into some

:31:28. > :31:33.kind of action. 17 and a half minutes played. Hearts leading this

:31:34. > :31:41.cup tie by 1-0. Hayes, McLean and McGinn are over it. All capable,

:31:42. > :31:45.more than capable. Down the throat of the veteran, Alexander. Needs to

:31:46. > :31:48.be top corner to beat the goalkeeper from there. A decent pace on the

:31:49. > :32:00.ball, but straight at Neil Alexander.

:32:01. > :32:10.Foul by Rossi. What is Derek McInnes thinking right now? He is thinking

:32:11. > :32:14.he doesn't want and seek a second goal. Hearts are playing well,

:32:15. > :32:17.pressing well, the home side had started on fire and Aberdeen have to

:32:18. > :32:25.get through this period and get players on the ball.

:32:26. > :32:47.Hearts haven't had too many wins recently but they have only lost one

:32:48. > :32:57.of their last 12, which was at Pittodrie.

:32:58. > :33:05.Sam Nicholson leading innocence that he never touched him, but I think he

:33:06. > :33:19.just raised his foot too high. -- pleading innocence.

:33:20. > :33:26.That draws Aberdeen's first corner of the night. Hearts not happy, they

:33:27. > :33:32.felt it was offside. Yet again, jobs for Aberdeen. Ash Taylor is up

:33:33. > :33:42.there, Adam Rooney. They've got targets. Needs to be a quality ball

:33:43. > :33:43.in, though. Nobody set up more Aberdeen goals than Niall McGinn,

:33:44. > :33:59.and he is over at this corner. A foul on August team. --

:34:00. > :34:26.Augustyn. He had a nightmare last time Aberdeen were in town.

:34:27. > :34:29.A few Scottish Cup winners around, Graeme Shinnie in the Aberdeen side.

:34:30. > :34:39.Robbie Neilson won the Scottish Graeme Shinnie in the Aberdeen side.

:34:40. > :34:43.with his team in 2006. In the final against Gretna. Indeed, he scored

:34:44. > :34:50.the second in the shoot out against Gretna that day. A very nice penalty

:34:51. > :34:59.it was, too. He sent Alan made the wrong way.

:35:00. > :35:20.United safely through earlier today. They won it at Airdrie. As was a bit

:35:21. > :35:27.short. I'm not sure Taylor was expecting it. A good spin by Willo

:35:28. > :35:42.Flood, who has been in good form recently.

:35:43. > :35:50.Nice job of the shoulder by Graeme Shinnie, it has certainly got a bit

:35:51. > :35:54.scrappy in these last few minutes. It probably suit Aberdeen just now

:35:55. > :36:00.because it takes a bit of the wind out of Hearts's sales. A quarter of

:36:01. > :36:11.the way through this Scottish Cup fourth round tie.

:36:12. > :36:30.Solid from the jam both so far. A huge backline that they have. That

:36:31. > :36:32.is a difficult job. Right when he was going to go, used his upper body

:36:33. > :36:40.strength and his pace. He has been was going to go, used his upper body

:36:41. > :36:43.in the senior Scotland squad, Callum Paterson matches against the

:36:44. > :36:46.Republic of Ireland and England a year past November. His is the only

:36:47. > :37:04.goal of this game so far. It was a 3-0 Hearts win the last

:37:05. > :37:09.time that the sides met in the Scottish Cup here. Last time, all

:37:10. > :37:20.told, was in 2010. Aberdeen went through on that occasion at

:37:21. > :37:25.Pittodrie. A misunderstanding. Just a lack of communication. Somebody

:37:26. > :37:29.has to take charge, control. One good shout and you've got a chance.

:37:30. > :37:47.A mistake like that, easy for Hearts to clear up.

:37:48. > :37:54.Hearts is certainly worth their lead at the moment. Adam Rooney has not

:37:55. > :38:02.got into this game at all. So often, he either is in the service from

:38:03. > :38:06.Hayes and McGinn in the wider areas. When Aberdeen on top, you are going

:38:07. > :38:13.to get the two white players. But Aberdeen just can't wrestle control

:38:14. > :38:37.of the game from Hearts. -- the two wide layers.

:38:38. > :38:47.It is corner number four. You can see the confidence in the Hearts

:38:48. > :38:48.team. Everybody is looking to get a little bit of space and get

:38:49. > :39:04.themselves a shot on goal. Fourth corner for Hearts. Sam

:39:05. > :39:12.Nicholson is over it again. Loads of movement in the box. It goes past.

:39:13. > :39:18.Both Callum Paterson and Miguel Pallardo are appealing. Big shouts,

:39:19. > :39:24.but there is so much wrestling in there, grabbing, pushing, shoving.

:39:25. > :39:30.Difficult for the referee to make a decision. Augustyn got his head and

:39:31. > :39:48.wit in the end. -- onto it. These long balls are causing

:39:49. > :39:53.Aberdeen all kinds of problems. It keeps them on the back foot. As a

:39:54. > :39:56.defender, you want the game in front of you, not to be continually

:39:57. > :40:29.turning and sprinting back towards your own goalkeeper.

:40:30. > :40:35.Alim Ozturk is just back in the team. He played against Dundee

:40:36. > :40:39.United a couple of league games ago, but that was his first outing since

:40:40. > :40:44.the League Cup victory over Kilmarnock at in the autumn. Three

:40:45. > :40:47.months out. The man who took the armband in the summer. Just got that

:40:48. > :41:14.away. The trajectory of the ball... So far, this is as good a Hearts

:41:15. > :41:21.performance as there has been all season, in their return to

:41:22. > :41:25.top-flight football. Sam Nicholson didn't know where the ball was. It

:41:26. > :41:32.could have been another Hearts goal. Mickelson realised where the ball

:41:33. > :41:36.was. Logan certainly didn't know. Hearts are not giving up on any ball

:41:37. > :41:40.which is bouncing around that Aberdeen box. They are chasing and

:41:41. > :41:50.harrying and putting Aberdeen defenders under real pressure.

:41:51. > :41:56.Four goals this season, Sam Nicholson. He scored one of those

:41:57. > :42:04.against Celtic recently. Osman Sow got the other. Another example of it

:42:05. > :42:10.there. Graham said -- Graeme Shinnie was ransacked. Hearts runway again.

:42:11. > :42:25.By Logan Riley. Still has it, though.

:42:26. > :42:37.Loads of options ahead of them. There is a throng of Hearts players

:42:38. > :42:48.to choose from. Cleared by Taylor. Miguel Pallardo, Nicholson. Logan

:42:49. > :42:52.stands his ground. He does well. There is just no respite for

:42:53. > :42:57.Aberdeen right now. Hearts are swarming all over them. Simply

:42:58. > :43:02.haven't done this in the two games against Aberdeen this season so far.

:43:03. > :43:08.The stakes are high tonight. They could make up points in the league.

:43:09. > :43:13.Once you are out of the cup, you are out. There is Niall McGinn, in the

:43:14. > :43:30.meantime, with the visitors. Augustyn does well.

:43:31. > :43:39.It stung his fingertips. Terrific effort from Sam Nicholson. The cuts

:43:40. > :43:50.in, and to his strong right foot, and he gets it absolutely sweet but

:43:51. > :43:55.straight at the goalkeeper. Rossi, who scored a consolation against

:43:56. > :44:03.Aberdeen in September. Neil Alexander will turn 38 in March.

:44:04. > :44:13.Living the dream, late in his career, a Hearts fan as

:44:14. > :44:21.McLean has been on the periphery of things so far. That has just gone

:44:22. > :44:26.out. This has been the story for Aberdeen so far, poor

:44:27. > :44:32.decision-making, misplaced passes, so we have not seen them as an

:44:33. > :44:34.attacking force at all so far. It is a big difference tonight to

:44:35. > :44:37.attacking force at all so far. It is earlier in the season. When Hearts

:44:38. > :44:42.were attacking that state, they were picked off time and again on the

:44:43. > :44:43.counterattack. Tonight, they have been flooding back in double quick

:44:44. > :44:48.time. As soon as they been flooding back in double quick

:44:49. > :44:54.they go hunting for it. Hearts on the ball today have been excellent.

:44:55. > :44:58.It has been really impressive. Every time Aberdeen have the ball, there

:44:59. > :45:02.is no time to look up and get it passed. There is a Hearts player

:45:03. > :45:11.right in their face. Hard to keep that up for 90 minutes. When you are

:45:12. > :45:12.head is, it is a lot easier. -- when you are ahead. But for now, Hearts

:45:13. > :45:24.have been in a different class. you are ahead. But for now, Hearts

:45:25. > :45:28.Gibbs, Dumbarton, Kilmarnock. Annan Athletic, in the bottom tier,

:45:29. > :45:40.already through. They beat Hamilton 4-1. They saw one for them. They

:45:41. > :45:45.haven't been in good form. Aberdeen are desperate to find some of the

:45:46. > :45:50.form which has taken them to within, at the moment, just within three

:45:51. > :45:55.points of the league leaders, Celtic.

:45:56. > :46:02.That autumn slump around October time, in fact it was in the

:46:03. > :46:07.aftermath of their win here and I think that Taylor's pass sums up

:46:08. > :46:11.everything for Aberdeen in the opening 32 minutes, woeful. Taylor

:46:12. > :46:16.has no options there, he's trying to play an almost impossible chip as

:46:17. > :46:17.the Logan on the touchline. These players on the midfield taking

:46:18. > :46:31.responsibility and digging Aberdeen back into the contest. Ozturk has

:46:32. > :46:33.had a great game so far, he has won the ball back

:46:34. > :46:41.had a great game so far, he has won kick number five. He is an absolute

:46:42. > :46:48.handful, Sow just now. You know he's quick and he has tricks. He has

:46:49. > :46:52.started every league game for Hearts up until the last one at Kilmarnock.

:46:53. > :46:55.Robbie Neilson mentioned he didn't want to play on the artificial

:46:56. > :47:03.surface at Rugby Park, in that 2-2 draw. Here is Nicholson again, the

:47:04. > :47:11.latest corner. Sow. There he goes again. Aberdeen up against the ropes

:47:12. > :47:16.in the capital. Aberdeen have got a real problem, this corner to the

:47:17. > :47:20.back post -- post, they do well to block it away but Hearts know every

:47:21. > :47:29.time they put the ball back in there they have a 6-foot two inches guide

:47:30. > :47:31.being marked by somebody smaller. Pallardo is one of the shorter

:47:32. > :47:43.players in the Hearts squad. Logan didn't know where the ball

:47:44. > :47:51.was, came at last. The pressure stays on. A decent ball in as well.

:47:52. > :47:54.Don't fire it in low. If you know you have big players who are winning

:47:55. > :47:58.headers, get in high, give them a chance to win the first header, then

:47:59. > :48:08.if the ball drops into the box it can fall to anyone. Loads of

:48:09. > :48:15.movement. Again, they win it. Off Kenny McLean, his -- has Flood

:48:16. > :48:20.prevented a corner? He has. The pressure is still on the Aberdeen

:48:21. > :48:25.defence. It came off Considine. It was Rossi who swung a boot at it.

:48:26. > :48:29.Aberdeen need to make a change in corners, Mark Reynolds against

:48:30. > :48:36.August and has not won any. August and has won every ball that has come

:48:37. > :48:37.in there. You -- you maybe need to swap someone because Mark Reynolds

:48:38. > :48:58.is not tall enough. Although Flood does have a chess

:48:59. > :49:04.good history as far as injuries are concerned -- chequered history. He

:49:05. > :49:09.wins a header, every time you do that there's a real chance you are

:49:10. > :49:17.going to score. I just wonder if Willo Flood will be able to

:49:18. > :49:21.continue. He is certainly toiling on the touchline just now. Aberdeen,

:49:22. > :49:25.just where they didn't want to beat, are down to ten men. There is

:49:26. > :49:31.movement inside the dugout for the Dons. I think a change is in the

:49:32. > :49:36.offing for the visitors. They lost Willo Flood the injury in the first

:49:37. > :49:39.Saturday in the League Cup defeat across the city here, the Hebburn

:49:40. > :49:45.Ian, and they may have to make another change in an important cup

:49:46. > :49:51.tie in the first half -- Hibernian. Peter Pawlett is going to replace

:49:52. > :49:54.him. He has pace and zip to Aberdeen but what they need now is authority

:49:55. > :49:58.and Flood might provide that, get on the ball and start making passes and

:49:59. > :50:03.getting players comfortable within the game and see if they can drive

:50:04. > :50:06.and cause problems for Hearts. Talking of comfort,

:50:07. > :50:11.and cause problems for Hearts. position Hearts are in right now.

:50:12. > :50:16.Aberdeen cannot lay a glove on them. It's Callum Paterson's goal earlier

:50:17. > :50:21.in the first half, early in the game, within four minutes, his six

:50:22. > :50:32.of the season. It is doing the damage.

:50:33. > :50:48.McLean gets their ahead of Pallardo. Down goes McLean. It's Jonny Hayes

:50:49. > :50:54.for Aberdeen. Slip thereby Augustyn, Aberdeen are going to make the

:50:55. > :50:59.change now. Pawlett, for Flood. He brings a goal threat, at the moment

:51:00. > :51:05.Aberdeen need to get something come make a few passes. They will be

:51:06. > :51:10.looking for Paul to make an impact. One of Peter Pawlett's two best

:51:11. > :51:13.games for Aberdeen came here, in the League Cup semifinal against St

:51:14. > :51:17.Johnstone. He has good memories of this place and it's Paula

:51:18. > :51:26.immediately in action. That's clear for Ozturk. Bats it is Pawlett,

:51:27. > :51:40.immediately in action. Immediate pressing from Pawlett.

:51:41. > :51:48.The Scottish Cup fourth round, moving back to its proper place in

:51:49. > :51:54.the calendar, you would say, in January. It's been played for the

:51:55. > :51:58.last few years at the end of November and beginning of December.

:51:59. > :52:01.That's why these two didn't kick a ball in the entire calendar year of

:52:02. > :52:07.2015 in this Scottish Cup competition.

:52:08. > :52:19.Here is Taylor. It's a must. -- it's a must. They moved 30 yards

:52:20. > :52:22.backwards and Ash Taylor decides a must. They moved 30 yards

:52:23. > :52:29.try a long ball and gives possession back to Hearts. How does that change

:52:30. > :52:33.for Aberdeen, reshuffle things? McLean will move besides Shinnie?

:52:34. > :52:38.McLean is a goal threat but he needs to go in there, he is about a

:52:39. > :52:43.McLean is a goal threat but he needs left-back but other Aberdeen need

:52:44. > :52:48.these guys to get back, get in one on one situations with poor lot and

:52:49. > :52:59.he can certainly cause problems. -- if Pawlett can get in one-on-one

:53:00. > :53:02.situations. Here is Reilly. Against Logan, who made his Aberdeen debut

:53:03. > :53:06.in that St Johnstone League Cup Sammy here. Good play by Gavin

:53:07. > :53:11.Reilly, scored a couple of goals over the festive period. He has

:53:12. > :53:28.arrived from Rossi's long throw. He is a lack --

:53:29. > :53:36.it's allowed to bounce, twice. Another corner. It is eight

:53:37. > :53:39.it's allowed to bounce, twice. now for Hearts in this first half.

:53:40. > :53:43.It's another ball into the box, this time the throw, and Aberdeen haven't

:53:44. > :53:49.got to grips with that high ball at all. There was a lot of talk from

:53:50. > :53:54.the Aberdeen, some of the Aberdeen players suddenly, about how physical

:53:55. > :53:57.Hearts were. In the game at Pittodrie. It's almost like they

:53:58. > :54:01.were expecting the physicality, maybe they are spooked by it. It is

:54:02. > :54:10.Nicholson's Corner, Taylor maybe they are spooked by it. It is

:54:11. > :54:33.that time. Five to the break. Hearts one, Aberdeen nil.

:54:34. > :54:45.Jonny Hayes challenged Rossi. Here is Reilly, Aberdeen are

:54:46. > :54:48.being bullied. Still with Osman Sow. That is one corner away from double

:54:49. > :54:54.figures in this first half. Pressure, pressure, pressure, every

:54:55. > :55:02.50-50 is currently being won by a player in maroon, every single one.

:55:03. > :55:08.Another in swinger coming up from Sam Nicholson, in front of a worried

:55:09. > :55:14.lopping Aberdeen support. -- worried looking Aberdeen support. Considine

:55:15. > :55:36.away, Pallardo retrieves. McGinn beats him in the race. Great

:55:37. > :55:41.tracking back. You can't ask for more than that from your midfielder.

:55:42. > :55:46.It's what you're looking for, midfielders who are switched on, see

:55:47. > :55:52.danger and the off. Logan's was almost dropped the McLean. It will

:55:53. > :56:00.come to Considine. Paterson was all over him there. An easy one for

:56:01. > :56:09.Alexander. There's a lot of pushing thereby Rooney. It's a frustrated

:56:10. > :56:13.Aberdeen number nine. It will be interesting to see, I think it was

:56:14. > :56:16.blocked off, trying to keep the goalkeeper under pressure and I take

:56:17. > :56:22.it he has just pushed the player to the ground but one more two Hearts

:56:23. > :56:26.players not too happy. John Beaton trying to calm things down, Hearts

:56:27. > :56:30.players putting a bit of pressure on the referee. Hearts supporters are

:56:31. > :56:36.screaming for a red card for Adam Rooney here. Certainly it was a

:56:37. > :56:43.push. The problem with these situations with -- is two players

:56:44. > :56:47.often get red carded here. They could both get yellow cards. The

:56:48. > :57:00.cards are out, it looks like a yellow. It's a yellow, for both. It

:57:01. > :57:05.was certainly a shove, they block and a shove. You can see Augustyn

:57:06. > :57:10.just stands his ground and Rooney shoves him to the ground. Its

:57:11. > :57:14.frustration on Rooney's part, that's for sure. He hasn't been able to get

:57:15. > :57:18.into this at all. Pushing or Dustin to the ground as her and a yellow

:57:19. > :57:27.card and complaining to the referee has earned Igor Rossi a caution as

:57:28. > :57:38.well -- pushing Augustyn to the ground has earned him a yellow card.

:57:39. > :57:43.Robbie Neilson will be ecstatic with his team's performance, but he will

:57:44. > :57:48.be concerned it is 1-0. Aberdeen have looked a bit punch-drunk at

:57:49. > :57:50.times but just the 1-0, and they have shown spirit in second half of

:57:51. > :57:54.times but just the 1-0, and they matches this season. They will have

:57:55. > :57:57.to try to row is something after the interval, that's for sure. It will

:57:58. > :58:03.take some turnaround if they are to save their Scottish Cup campaign.

:58:04. > :58:09.Considine and Paterson colliding, and that was the cup tie challenge.

:58:10. > :58:15.That was a good old-fashioned challenge, two players totally

:58:16. > :58:21.committed, no problem with that. Two players, the ion the ball, playing

:58:22. > :58:26.the ball, good challenge. Scottish Cup winner Craig Paterson watching

:58:27. > :58:34.on here in the best Cup Final this Scottish Cup final of all time.

:58:35. > :58:39.According to many. 4-3 win over Dundee United, back in 1991.

:58:40. > :58:43.Aberdeen have won the Scottish Cup since the season before that. Hearts

:58:44. > :58:49.have won it three times since the Dons last prevailed.

:58:50. > :59:01.Into stoppage time, the Flood injury and the incident between Augustyn

:59:02. > :59:07.and Rooney a few minutes ago. Derek McInnes has work to do. In the 15

:59:08. > :59:12.minutes he will have with his squad. He will have even more work to do is

:59:13. > :59:22.Pallardo can help Hearts to a second goal before the intervals. It's

:59:23. > :59:27.Paterson. Final first half thoughts, Craig? It's been a terrific 45

:59:28. > :59:30.minutes for Hearts. They've dominated from start to finish. Neil

:59:31. > :59:34.Alexander has been a virtual spectator. More of the same will be

:59:35. > :59:38.the shout from Nielsen, McInnes has a job at half-time to get his

:59:39. > :59:47.players roused and get them back into this game.

:59:48. > :59:53.The problem for Robbie Neilson is he knows that his team haven't really

:59:54. > :59:57.been able to replicate this kind of performance over the course of 90

:59:58. > :00:05.minutes too often this season. It is half-time. Callum Paterson gave

:00:06. > :00:10.Hearts the dream start from the corner inside the opening few

:00:11. > :00:14.minutes, heading home a Sam Nicholson corner, and Aberdeen have

:00:15. > :00:19.been up against it for the lion's share of the opening 45 minutes.

:00:20. > :00:23.Hearts causing them all kinds of problems. It highlighted the fact

:00:24. > :00:28.that they certainly had a height advantage before the game, and that

:00:29. > :00:30.has proven to be the case. At half-time in Edinburgh, Heart of

:00:31. > :00:46.Midlothian one, Aberdeen zero. It didn't take Hearts long, Robbie

:00:47. > :00:50.Neilson's team, to make their intentions clear at Tynecastle.

:00:51. > :00:54.Callum Paterson scoring with just over two minutes' plate. The only

:00:55. > :00:59.goal so far. That is get the thoughts of Michael Stewart and

:01:00. > :01:06.Willie Miller. What a start from Hearts, grabbing the initiative

:01:07. > :01:09.right from the off. That is a perfect summing up, it is the

:01:10. > :01:13.initiative that Hearts have taken right from the off, even in the

:01:14. > :01:18.goal. They win the first header and Callum Paterson is quickest to

:01:19. > :01:22.react. I spoke before the match of how, if Hearts are going to win,

:01:23. > :01:25.they need to be on the front foot and that Aberdeen under pressure,

:01:26. > :01:30.and they have done that. What you see is the fact that they are

:01:31. > :01:33.starving their star players of any possession and service, and that is

:01:34. > :01:39.what Hearts needs to continue to do if they are going to come away with

:01:40. > :01:46.a victory. There was an outbreak of handbags just before half-time, seen

:01:47. > :01:49.Rooney and Rossi. Does it underline Aberdeen's frustration? Finn I think

:01:50. > :01:56.they should be frustrated. They haven't been allowed to play. --

:01:57. > :02:01.they haven't been allowed to play. You can't let that frustration take

:02:02. > :02:05.over. Aberdeen have to try and get themselves into the game. The way

:02:06. > :02:08.they will get their cells into the game is by playing progressive

:02:09. > :02:12.football and building up through the midfield. They are not doing that.

:02:13. > :02:18.Every time they get it at the back, it is a long ball forward, to do?

:02:19. > :02:24.You get it down and give it to the most important players. A lot of the

:02:25. > :02:28.best -- a lot of it is down to the fact that Hearts haven't allowed

:02:29. > :02:32.them to do that. Everybody talks about Tynecastle being so hostile

:02:33. > :02:36.and difficult and the reason is because of games like this, when

:02:37. > :02:40.Hearts start on the front foot and put teams under pressure. It isn't a

:02:41. > :02:43.massive pitch so you can close down this page and make it difficult for

:02:44. > :02:47.positions to play in and around the midfield. When you do that,

:02:48. > :02:50.especially against this Aberdeen side, it causes them problems

:02:51. > :02:57.because that is how they want to play. Hearts have a big presence, a

:02:58. > :03:01.physicality. I'm not complaining, I think the game is being played

:03:02. > :03:06.fairly, but if it is a physical battle, there is only one winner in

:03:07. > :03:11.the first half, and that is Hearts. More thoughts about the first half

:03:12. > :03:14.in a couple of minutes. It has been a busy day of Scottish Cup fourth

:03:15. > :03:19.round football. In fact, a busy Friday night as well. Partick

:03:20. > :03:24.Thistle put their name in Monday's draw with a 2-1 win at Paisley last

:03:25. > :03:37.night, followed today by these games. Dundee United scraped

:03:38. > :03:41.through. The big result of the game is lead to Annan Athletic. Only

:03:42. > :03:45.through. The big result of the game since 2008 have they been a senior

:03:46. > :03:58.football club. They took care of Hamilton in style today. That Flynn,

:03:59. > :04:06.Josh Todd and ramming Omar with two goals. What a night they will be

:04:07. > :04:20.having. The games at Dundee and East Kilbride were off. A cracking cup

:04:21. > :04:29.tie at East End park. Linlithgow against Forfar Athletic, a replay a

:04:30. > :04:41.week on Tuesday. Stephen Pearson got two of the Motherwell goals.

:04:42. > :04:52.Craig Slater got the goal for Kilmarnock early, which proved to be

:04:53. > :05:13.the only one. Starling -- Stirling Albion holding beholders.

:05:14. > :05:19.A fantastic result for Annan Athletic, to come away victors

:05:20. > :05:24.against a top-flight side. It speaks volumes of the performance they have

:05:25. > :05:29.put in. Stirling Albion had to operate in their shadow today, but a

:05:30. > :05:34.great result for them, to take care of the holders 0-0 and a replay in

:05:35. > :05:40.Inverness. A fabulous result for them. They home advantage. They have

:05:41. > :05:44.taken that and they will find it difficult making the journey to the

:05:45. > :05:48.Highlands. I think John Hughes will be a relieved manager just to see

:05:49. > :05:52.that one behind him, hoping he can take full advantage of the home tie.

:05:53. > :05:57.The highlights are well worth watching tonight. I know you have a

:05:58. > :06:02.strong say for Ross County's match against Dunfermline. That was a

:06:03. > :06:07.cracking game at East End park. I was in the studio watching that

:06:08. > :06:12.earlier. It was a real cup tie, traditional, end to end stuff. Lots

:06:13. > :06:18.of action and some really good pools. To be honest, right at the

:06:19. > :06:22.end, Dunfermline hit the crossbar. -- some really good goals. They

:06:23. > :06:31.could have beaten them. Very much one to watch. It is Hearts one,

:06:32. > :06:36.Aberdeen zero. It didn't take long for this to explode into life. It

:06:37. > :06:42.didn't. Hearts played the game very direct. They won the corner kick.

:06:43. > :06:48.For me, it is too easily won at the back post. Andrew Considine has to

:06:49. > :06:53.be on his toes more. It is a good goal from a Hearts point of view.

:06:54. > :06:59.Callum Paterson is definitely alert to get the long flick on it. With

:07:00. > :07:05.that corner there, the fact that Ozturk makes a run from the edge of

:07:06. > :07:10.the box, I mean, you are always going to beat a standing jump. He

:07:11. > :07:14.has the run from the edge of the box and he gets above Considine. For me,

:07:15. > :07:19.Considine has to be on the half turn. He has to see where the ball

:07:20. > :07:22.is coming from and to recognise that Ozturk, who you are going to expect

:07:23. > :07:27.to come in for a header, was loitering on the edge of the box. He

:07:28. > :07:32.was a bit closed off. That was a feature of the first ten minutes,

:07:33. > :07:36.almost incessant Hearts pressure and Aberdeen looking uncomfortable

:07:37. > :07:43.defensively. They were not dealing with the physicality upfront, Mark

:07:44. > :07:47.Reynolds in particular. A lot of the misunderstanding here at the back

:07:48. > :07:51.post, Shay Logan looking for Danny Ward to come out, and Danny Ward not

:07:52. > :07:55.coming out. A bit of uncertainty. They were knocked off their stride,

:07:56. > :08:01.Aberdeen. They didn't cope with it, even that kind of effort, to try and

:08:02. > :08:06.clear the chance. Danny Ward doing well, and maybe not so well in

:08:07. > :08:09.holding onto it. There is no doubt that Aberdeen were all over the

:08:10. > :08:14.place at that time. They didn't have their shape. In fact, they changed

:08:15. > :08:24.their shape at the back, going from a four 283 to try and cope. -- going

:08:25. > :08:28.from a four to three. They were not comfortable with how the game was

:08:29. > :08:32.panning out so they had to do something. Hearts winning the first

:08:33. > :08:36.ball, the first and second, and really maintaining that pressure.

:08:37. > :08:41.Everything is in and around the Aberdeen box. They can't get out.

:08:42. > :08:45.Then you talk about Tynecastle, it can become such a suffocating venue

:08:46. > :08:48.where you don't feel you can get out of your own half, and then you end

:08:49. > :08:52.up with guys at the back just lumping the ball up into areas where

:08:53. > :08:57.there was nobody there, and it becomes a difficult game when that

:08:58. > :09:02.is all you can do. What doesn't help from an Aberdeen point of view as

:09:03. > :09:05.well is that already, minus the captain, Ryan Jack, important

:09:06. > :09:11.midfield position, they have had to reshuffle. That was a blow to them.

:09:12. > :09:14.They had no control in the game, no control in the midfield, that is for

:09:15. > :09:19.sure. The way they have changed the game gives them more players in the

:09:20. > :09:22.midfield, and I am sure Derek McInnes will be trying to emphasise

:09:23. > :09:25.how important it is to play through that area, because they haven't

:09:26. > :09:29.done. If Aberdeen don't do that, there is no point just playing balls

:09:30. > :09:35.forward. Adam Rooney isn't really the type to want to play it up. You

:09:36. > :09:38.want to get into the wide areas, the important players. They have to show

:09:39. > :09:45.a bit of composure. They have not been allowed time at all, so they

:09:46. > :09:48.have to do it very quickly. It has to be quick because, as Willie says,

:09:49. > :09:52.if you are not being allowed the time to do that, the only way you

:09:53. > :09:56.can get through that press is to play quickly. The outfall come up

:09:57. > :10:01.and over the top, isn't there for them. That means that they have to

:10:02. > :10:04.get the whole team looking and wanting the ball. You have got two

:10:05. > :10:10.or three guys that start hiding, it is game over. The Hearts team

:10:11. > :10:15.selection was a eyebrow raiser before the match. Osman Sow was

:10:16. > :10:20.always going to before the match. Osman Sow was

:10:21. > :10:26.are really struggling to cope with his power and place. -- pace. When

:10:27. > :10:30.he is on his game, he is a handful for the opposition. This is against

:10:31. > :10:33.Mark Reynolds, who is no slouch. He is quick. Because it causes real

:10:34. > :10:42.problems, a big influence. Driving forward. Osman Sow is a real handful

:10:43. > :10:47.for any defender in the league. Of late, Osman Sow is really coming

:10:48. > :10:54.into his game. He is doing all those things and running in behind. We

:10:55. > :10:58.spoke before the game with Djum and Niall McGinn. When he runs in

:10:59. > :11:02.behind, he causes the defence real problems. The challenge for Hearts

:11:03. > :11:09.is to maintain it in the second half. Absolutely, the physical shape

:11:10. > :11:12.will be brought under the microscope, because everybody has

:11:13. > :11:17.put in a lot of work in the first half. They are a strong physical

:11:18. > :11:20.side. I am sure that that will allow them to keep going for part of the

:11:21. > :11:25.second half. Whether it will allow them to go for the full 90 minutes

:11:26. > :11:30.at that pace, closing down Aberdeen, not allowing them any space, only

:11:31. > :11:33.time will tell. From an Aberdeen point of view, they have to start

:11:34. > :11:37.playing the ball on the ground, building it up through the midfield.

:11:38. > :11:42.They haven't done so yet. I have watched them a number of times this

:11:43. > :11:45.season. They haven't played a fantastic 90 minutes, but they have

:11:46. > :11:50.played some wonderful 45 minutes. They need that in the second half.

:11:51. > :11:55.Contrasting emotions on the touchline, as we observed Robbie

:11:56. > :12:00.Neilson and Derek McInnes. It has been pretty painful so far for the

:12:01. > :12:04.Aberdeen manager. It has, but one thing he will be taking is that

:12:05. > :12:07.there is only one goal in it. That is a very, very fine margin. A goal

:12:08. > :12:11.can be scored in such a is a very, very fine margin. A goal

:12:12. > :12:16.of time that he will be telling the team that, that they are not out of

:12:17. > :12:20.it by a long stretch. Hearts have dominated in the first half and

:12:21. > :12:24.Robbie will be delighted. On the flip side, he will be disappointed

:12:25. > :12:29.there is only a one goal deficit. It is all to play for and from a Hearts

:12:30. > :12:32.perspective, they have to make sure they replicate the first half

:12:33. > :12:33.performance. Derek McInnes will be drilling into his players,

:12:34. > :12:39.performance. Derek McInnes will be there and get into the game because

:12:40. > :12:44.it is only one game -- goal. It is a big plus Aberdeen point of view. It

:12:45. > :12:47.it is only one game -- goal. It is a could be worse. Derek McInnes has to

:12:48. > :12:51.be thinking his team will be better after the interval. He has to be

:12:52. > :12:56.drinking and hoping, but they have to do something about it. Hearts can

:12:57. > :13:02.maintain the tempo, the route they are going, the physicality they have

:13:03. > :13:06.got in their game, Aberdeen will find it difficult, no matter how

:13:07. > :13:10.much the manager tries to change the system, no matter how much he said

:13:11. > :13:13.at half-time. It is down to the players to get it into their mind

:13:14. > :13:17.and to play in the way that Aberdeen should be playing, getting the ball

:13:18. > :13:21.down, being progressive through the midfield, out to the wide players

:13:22. > :13:26.and allowing the creative players to create something. They haven't

:13:27. > :13:32.created anything in the first half. Is it about attitude and mentality

:13:33. > :13:36.for Hearts in the second half? I think so. I spoke before the game

:13:37. > :13:42.about the mentality of going after the game and not being passive. It

:13:43. > :13:46.talks about whether Hearts will be able to continue that. It is amazing

:13:47. > :13:51.what a crowd can do. It is a tight pitch. Energy levels, you are not

:13:52. > :13:56.chasing too far, like Hampden Park. They can maintain it. When you do

:13:57. > :14:01.that, you get the crowd lifted. It's amazing how much energy you can draw

:14:02. > :14:04.from them. The mentality has to be to continue what they are doing in

:14:05. > :14:07.the first half, going after Aberdeen, then the crowd will lift

:14:08. > :14:12.them and keep them going. They should be able to do it. There is

:14:13. > :14:19.the moment of the match so far, the only goal at Tynecastle. We only had

:14:20. > :14:22.to wait two minutes before Robbie Neilson's team hit the front.

:14:23. > :14:27.Aberdeen under pressure from kick-off. It was Callum Paterson's

:14:28. > :14:34.fifth goal of the season, heading it in from close range. That is the

:14:35. > :14:39.only goal so far, despite Hearts' efforts to add to their advantage.

:14:40. > :14:43.The home team are out at the start of the second half. Osman Sow has

:14:44. > :14:48.been hot to handle upfront for Hearts and it is Paterson with the

:14:49. > :14:55.only goal so far. Our Aberdeen about to mount a fightback? We will find

:14:56. > :14:56.out. You will see it right here live on the BBC. Craig Paterson and Liam

:14:57. > :15:07.McLeod. COMMENTATOR:

:15:08. > :15:13.Hearts has only won two of the previous clashes, it's the Jam Tarts

:15:14. > :15:17.to get us back on their way. All in maroon, going left to right,

:15:18. > :15:19.Aberdeen in the black and white. Hoping for

:15:20. > :15:25.Aberdeen in the black and white. half. As poor as they were, Hearts

:15:26. > :15:28.were excellent and prevented Aberdeen from merely playing the

:15:29. > :15:36.kind of game they played here in September. No further changes at

:15:37. > :15:40.half-time. Aberdeen had to take off Willo Flood in their opening 45,

:15:41. > :16:07.replacing him with Peter Pawlett. You just wonder what Derek McInnes

:16:08. > :16:11.was saying to his players at the break, Craig? He has to come up with

:16:12. > :16:15.some sort of plan to get them back in. Aberdeen have to try to not

:16:16. > :16:20.Hearts off their stride. You see Jonny Hayes pulled out to the

:16:21. > :16:28.left-hand side, now McGinn and they will hope that Jonny Hayes can do a

:16:29. > :16:31.bit better. Augustyn gets the break of the ball. In goes Shinnie, to

:16:32. > :16:40.pinch it back for Aberdeen. Now Pawlett.

:16:41. > :16:46.Paul it wasn't a favourite there, but he was bounced to the ground by

:16:47. > :16:51.Pallardo, who was booked in the first half. He needs to be careful.

:16:52. > :16:55.Yes, it's an awkward challenge to be making there. You know you have been

:16:56. > :17:00.yellow carded. Look how far from the goal it is. To go into the back of a

:17:01. > :17:03.player, you know it's going to be a free kick and you have brought

:17:04. > :17:07.yourself to the attention of the referee are gay. What he did at

:17:08. > :17:08.Pittodrie last month, he might have brought himself more to the

:17:09. > :17:14.attention of his manager, be having brought himself more to the

:17:15. > :17:18.a little think to himself about a change. While McGinn with the

:17:19. > :17:26.Aberdeen free kick. It should be Alexander's, and is.

:17:27. > :17:34.Alexander, with eight clean sheets this season, this is his 24th game.

:17:35. > :17:38.They only have one clean sheet in the last seven, Hearts, and that's

:17:39. > :17:42.been missed by Considine. Here is Osman Sow in the middle, Taylor

:17:43. > :17:48.didn't know where Sow was. He peeled back towards the penalty spot. The

:17:49. > :17:57.ball in is poor, away by McLean. Kept alive by Pallardo, Considine

:17:58. > :18:02.hoists clear. That the chance gone, Considine misreads the ball. He has

:18:03. > :18:04.to pick out that final pass, a hard thing to do, but not straight into

:18:05. > :18:25.the area where Taylor can play. Aberdeen still with the likes of

:18:26. > :18:32.Smith and Bidwell Goodwillie scored his only two goals of the season

:18:33. > :18:36.here, in a 3-1 win. Taylor read that well initially. They are shouting

:18:37. > :18:45.for hand ball against the big Aberdeen defender. Its Hayes beating

:18:46. > :18:55.Buaben. Augustyn always favour against McGinn. Here goes Djoum.

:18:56. > :19:01.Shinnie on the Hearts midfielder. You see a couple of things for less

:19:02. > :19:05.fouls, if you like. Graeme Shinnie has come in, he's laid, possibly

:19:06. > :19:11.because it is on the halfway line. -- he is late. For me, that's a

:19:12. > :19:18.poorer challenge than the two yellow cards we saw in the game. Shinnie

:19:19. > :19:24.has played half his games for Aberdeen in midfield. He is

:19:25. > :19:28.versatile. It's Buaben. Shinnie cleared, he played right back for

:19:29. > :19:36.college is Linda final against Falkirk in May last year. -- lifting

:19:37. > :19:39.college is Linda final against the trophy feels a long way away for

:19:40. > :19:48.Graeme Shinnie right now. It's gone Aberdeen's way. We are right back at

:19:49. > :19:52.the stand in Tynecastle, surrounded by Hearts supporters, who all

:19:53. > :19:57.disagree with John Beaton and his linesman. Did he get it right? Hard

:19:58. > :20:02.to tell. The fact Callum Paterson has gone backwards tends to suggest

:20:03. > :20:06.he thought he had touched it out, but you have to argue your case

:20:07. > :20:16.anyway. This is promising for the hosts, who has Sow, a heavy touch

:20:17. > :20:21.from Sow. Danny Ward goes long. McGinn is going to get there. He

:20:22. > :20:26.goes in early for that, Rooney misses it completely and Ozturk can

:20:27. > :20:32.clear. That came from one long Danny Ward has come all the way out to

:20:33. > :20:36.McGinn. A good spot from the goalkeeper, a great ball forward.

:20:37. > :20:39.McGinn initially gets the ball in, Rooney is beyond the front post, he

:20:40. > :20:44.knows he can't score. I think he's trying to help it on but Hearts had

:20:45. > :20:50.knows he can't score. I think he's enough defenders back. The problem

:20:51. > :20:56.here for Ozturk, back in the Hearts team after three months out.

:20:57. > :21:12.He's going to continue for now. Aberdeen really drags through the

:21:13. > :21:20.mud in that first half. -- dragged. Buaben has done enough to get it on

:21:21. > :21:26.the Djoum. A foul by Considine on Sow. He's not having the best of

:21:27. > :21:30.nights, Considine, so far. Scored here for Aberdeen in a

:21:31. > :21:33.nights, Considine, so far. Scored semifinal against Dundee United that

:21:34. > :21:36.the Dons would go on to lose heavily. It was a Craig Levein

:21:37. > :21:42.Dundee heavily. It was a Craig Levein

:21:43. > :21:46.the director of football here. What it's done is it's given Hearts a

:21:47. > :21:56.free kick at the chance to load the it's done is it's given Hearts a

:21:57. > :22:02.box. Sow amongst others wait, it is Ozturk's ball in. Across the bowels

:22:03. > :22:07.of Logan, this is Nicholson. -- across the front of Logan. Nicholson

:22:08. > :22:16.goes to ground. Logan wins possession.

:22:17. > :22:23.I think when you examine the 45 minutes that we saw in that first

:22:24. > :22:29.half, Craig, you have to say is one of the season and arguably the best

:22:30. > :22:30.45 from Hearts, who are coming forward again here.

:22:31. > :22:34.45 from Hearts, who are coming dropped down by Logan and now it's a

:22:35. > :22:40.free kick and again, as I was talking about the first half, the

:22:41. > :22:45.pressure is on the Aberdeen defence. Yes, maybe Hearts players fancy

:22:46. > :22:48.their chances now. Sam Nicholson has good feet and will draw the free

:22:49. > :22:55.kick and it's in a great area for Hearts. That is Ozturk, who is over

:22:56. > :23:16.it, right on the angle. Rossi is out there as well. You

:23:17. > :23:17.fancy Ozturk, who scored three free kicks aplenty for Hearts last

:23:18. > :23:27.season. -- he scored free kicks aplenty for Hearts last

:23:28. > :23:30.aplenty. It is Ozturk. Quite kicks aplenty for Hearts last

:23:31. > :23:33.comfortable for the goalkeeper but from there you have to hit the

:23:34. > :23:44.target. He struck it well but not in those movement on the ball to worry

:23:45. > :23:51.the keeper. -- not enough movement on the ball to worry the keeper.

:23:52. > :23:55.Here is Considine, he went early. Rooney goes to ground this time,

:23:56. > :24:02.John Beaton with a good look at that. He has turned a blind eye.

:24:03. > :24:06.Yes, certainly a big shout from Aberdeen players. Probably the best

:24:07. > :24:12.piece of play from Aberdeen, getting the ball into the box there, but the

:24:13. > :24:15.question was Adam Rooney grabs? Ozturk has the arm around the

:24:16. > :24:22.shoulder, he goes down, if the referee sees that... It certainly

:24:23. > :24:26.looks that way. Apologies if you are hearing any bad language in the

:24:27. > :24:35.background. A frantic cup tie here at Tynecastle. It's a cup tie that

:24:36. > :24:39.Hearts lead and at the moment we are heading into Monday's draw for the

:24:40. > :24:49.last 16 -- they are heading into the draw. It's Niall McGinn. Blocked by

:24:50. > :24:55.the first man. Jonny Hayes gets a second chance and that's poorer as

:24:56. > :24:58.well. Well, can Aberdeen not clicking, you can turn to look at

:24:59. > :25:03.Hayes and McGinn because when they click its normally then that have

:25:04. > :25:06.them clicking. Yes, they are the catalysts, they are the guys that

:25:07. > :25:11.get on the ball and take the opposition back, take on full-backs,

:25:12. > :25:14.it hasn't happened. He is a ball into the box game from Adam Rooney,

:25:15. > :25:18.the arm around the shoulders not clobbered but in the first task

:25:19. > :25:20.Callum Paterson was dragged the same way after a corner soap six of one,

:25:21. > :25:33.half a dozen of the other. Paterson rather sliced that ball,

:25:34. > :25:52.Taylor to clear. Ozturk took a risk, Neil Alexander

:25:53. > :25:59.had little doubt in his mind and watches his clearance. -- he botched

:26:00. > :26:04.his clearance. Little moments like that can give impetus to the

:26:05. > :26:07.opposition. Yes, composure is a wonderful thing but in some areas

:26:08. > :26:14.your first thought has to be taking your chances.

:26:15. > :26:20.Peter Pawlett wins the free kick. Both clubs would have been cursing

:26:21. > :26:25.the draw they were handed at this stage, but really, not often in the

:26:26. > :26:32.Scottish Cup you get an easy type and the holders Cally Thistle were

:26:33. > :26:42.held by Stirling Albion today, 0-0. There will be

:26:43. > :26:54.Aberdeen supporters in good voice. Here is McGinn, against Nicholson.

:26:55. > :26:58.McGinn gets it this time, back it comes, just a bit too far for

:26:59. > :27:04.Taylor. That's McLean, who is capable from there. They had to take

:27:05. > :27:08.the shot one, didn't they, but he was desperate to see that ball come

:27:09. > :27:11.to his opposite foot. On his left to chance there was a chance of winning

:27:12. > :27:15.the goalkeeper. Good play from McGinn, but it comes back and he

:27:16. > :27:22.never looked confident he would be hitting the target, McLean.

:27:23. > :27:28.As things stand, Aberdeen you would think would be delighted if they got

:27:29. > :27:33.a replay out of this. If there was to be a replay. It is in a few days'

:27:34. > :27:39.time, Wednesday night, at Pittodrie. Still Hearts in the box seat. They

:27:40. > :27:49.haven't been haps quite as dominant in the opening minutes of the second

:27:50. > :27:53.half -- perhaps quite as dominant. Still Neil Alexander hasn't really

:27:54. > :28:04.had a save to make. It will concern Derek McInnes. Paul at this time is

:28:05. > :28:08.upended by Rossi. -- Peter Pawlett. I think Aberdeen are stopping Hearts

:28:09. > :28:12.playing better, but now they need to start playing themselves. Peter

:28:13. > :28:19.Pawlett gets his toe in there, goes to ground and gets a free kick in a

:28:20. > :28:21.good area. You just never know, do you? Aberdeen battered Dundee in the

:28:22. > :28:26.Scottish Cup last season and went out. A different story this time

:28:27. > :28:33.around. They have a free kick here will stop McGinn takes it, not bad.

:28:34. > :28:38.Alexander gets there. Must be offside, that's an old Aberdeen free

:28:39. > :28:41.kick, isn't it? That will take the lead back to the good old days, I

:28:42. > :28:47.think Gordon Strachan used to work that one. The game against Bayern

:28:48. > :28:55.Munich, of course. Looked like you've made pigs ear of it and get a

:28:56. > :28:59.dangerous ball the box. -- into the box. Willie will be watching in the

:29:00. > :29:04.studio, Aberdeen have an won the Scottish Cup since his playing days.

:29:05. > :29:11.-- haven't won the Scottish Cup since his playing days.

:29:12. > :29:16.That Scottish Cup final was the first to be decided by a penalty

:29:17. > :29:38.shoot-out. Against Celtic. The Dons have certainly seen more of

:29:39. > :29:43.the ball. What they do with it is the big problem for them right now.

:29:44. > :29:55.Just a sense that Hearts are looking a bit less relaxed at the back. They

:29:56. > :29:58.do tend to do that. There was a league game here recently against

:29:59. > :30:09.Dundee, they were 1-0 up, all over Dundee, but they ended up with a 1-1

:30:10. > :30:22.draw. A good run forward by Djum. Held onto. McGivern gets it straight

:30:23. > :30:24.back to Hearts. Hearts 1, Aberdeen 0, as it has been since minute

:30:25. > :30:30.three. When Aberdeen won that cup in

:30:31. > :30:49.they defeated Hearts en route. Aberdeen in 2006, with their own

:30:50. > :30:51.penalty shoot out victory against Gretna. Another offside against

:30:52. > :31:03.Aberdeen. Reasons to be optimistic for

:31:04. > :31:08.Aberdeen supporters in the last 16 minutes? Certainly better. Hearts

:31:09. > :31:14.are not as dominating as they were in the first half. But you still

:31:15. > :31:15.need and opportunity. You look at Neil

:31:16. > :31:17.need and opportunity. You look at means somebody has to produce a bit

:31:18. > :31:31.of magic. A chilly night in Edinburgh. Hearts

:31:32. > :31:49.were red-hot in that first half. Robbie Neilson and Stevie Crawford

:31:50. > :31:58.looking after things in the technical area for Hearts these

:31:59. > :32:04.days. He's not happy with something or someone, Derek McInnes.

:32:05. > :32:08.days. He's not happy with something Aberdeen's long wait for silverware

:32:09. > :32:13.in that Wendy 14 League Cup triumph. As far as cups have been concerned,

:32:14. > :32:18.it has been utter frustration since then, losing the Scottish Cup

:32:19. > :32:31.semifinal to St Johnstone, out of the League Cup semifinals. Reynolds.

:32:32. > :32:43.Aberdeen are struggling here. Ozturk. There is Nicholson. Well, I

:32:44. > :32:47.just wonder, had that not been deflected behind, if that was

:32:48. > :32:52.sailing into the top corner, both Danny Ward looked concerned. Is

:32:53. > :32:55.touch was great and it set up, asking to be volleyed. UCB

:32:56. > :33:02.goalkeeper scrambling like that, he knew it was going to be close. When

:33:03. > :33:16.you see the goalkeeper scrambling like that.

:33:17. > :33:23.He should have just headed it back into the bowl. I think he wanted to

:33:24. > :33:29.take it on his chest. He has been great on that the proposed area. --

:33:30. > :33:47.on that back post area. Hearts were just relieved it wasn't

:33:48. > :33:53.Celtic. They have knocked them out of the last three competitions. They

:33:54. > :34:00.went out of this year's season across the city against Hibs. We

:34:01. > :34:07.have a semifinal right here to look forward to against St Johnstone at

:34:08. > :34:16.the end of the month. Callum Paterson, Rooney. Bullet in middle.

:34:17. > :34:20.Peter Pawlett is asking for the ball. Adam Rooney, as a striker, as

:34:21. > :34:27.soon as you get clear, clear touch for Callum Paterson. He was looking

:34:28. > :34:31.for a shot on target. Fair play to Alexander, because he had to hold

:34:32. > :34:55.onto it. Peter Pawlett was waiting for it.

:34:56. > :34:58.The draw for round five of the William Hill Scottish Cup is to come

:34:59. > :35:07.Alexander punches it away. on Monday evening.

:35:08. > :35:14.Alexander punches it away. Beaton not happy with the challenge.

:35:15. > :35:16.Better from Aberdeen. Jonny Hayes all of a sudden gets a bit of space.

:35:17. > :35:20.He looks at the all of a sudden gets a bit of space.

:35:21. > :35:27.And a bit of pressure. I couldn't see a free kick there... Oh, there

:35:28. > :35:41.was a bit of a push, possibly by Graham Sherry. -- Graeme Shinnie.

:35:42. > :35:45.Neil Alexander was the Rangers goalkeeper twice when they won the

:35:46. > :36:07.cup in 2008. He is a good kicker, Danny Ward. He

:36:08. > :36:14.has kept out Jonny Hayes. A foul by Paterson. Normally I would say it is

:36:15. > :36:22.a great chance to get the ball into the box, but I think that he has to

:36:23. > :36:25.be the target. Nobody else in Aberdeen is getting those eyeballs.

:36:26. > :36:31.If you get it in there, you never know what is going to happen. As

:36:32. > :36:39.ever, Hayes and McGinn. McGinn's ball. Dropped back to Hayes. Good

:36:40. > :36:46.play by Hayes. Across it comes! What a chance that was for Considine!

:36:47. > :36:52.What a miss! And opportunity does not come any better. Get it in there

:36:53. > :36:57.and just take your chances. This shot comes across, Andrew Considine

:36:58. > :37:02.gets it on target. The goalkeeper has no chance, but he manages to get

:37:03. > :37:11.his toe onto the ball. Up and over the bar. That is a guilt edged

:37:12. > :37:17.opportunity that has gone again. OK, Considine probably expecting Adam

:37:18. > :37:22.Rooney to get a touch on that. Doing him a favour. Still a huge chance

:37:23. > :37:31.and a huge moment in this cup tie. Relief for Hearts. They still lead

:37:32. > :37:35.as we go into the final quarter. Graeme Shinnie and all kinds of

:37:36. > :37:40.pressure, three or four Hearts players around him. Miguel

:37:41. > :37:46.Pallardo's ball calmly dealt with by Taylor. Hearts needs to calm down.

:37:47. > :37:53.Aberdeen are getting back into the game. They need to -- they don't

:37:54. > :37:58.need to score that killer goal. I just need to take the sting at

:37:59. > :38:04.Aberdeen. Is a bad miss by Considine, but it might light the

:38:05. > :38:09.blue touch paper and the visitors, who have barely troubled Alexander

:38:10. > :38:14.all night. Hearts making a change shortly. Billy King is going to come

:38:15. > :38:15.on for Sam Nicholson. He hasn't been anywhere near as prominent in this

:38:16. > :38:33.second half. I think he got a knock earlier when

:38:34. > :38:37.he won the free kick. He is moving OK.

:38:38. > :38:46.An ambitious ball for McLean by Hayes. Away by Paterson. Straight on

:38:47. > :38:59.to Considine. And to Dean was shot with it. It is Reynolds. Big chance.

:39:00. > :39:05.Andy Considine is having a horrible night but Osman Sow was looking to

:39:06. > :39:12.put Hearts into the next stage. night but Osman Sow was looking to

:39:13. > :39:14.a one goal deficit, you struggle to seeing them do it twice. Aberdeen

:39:15. > :39:34.have to take their chances. Still going close. Andy Considine

:39:35. > :39:46.gets caught by Prince Buaben. Reynolds caught off. -- popped off.

:39:47. > :39:55.He hit the target. As you watch Osman Sow touch -- testing the

:39:56. > :40:06.goalkeeper... Nicholson seems to be struggling.

:40:07. > :40:15.Billy King, 21. He will get the final 20 minutes of this game.

:40:16. > :40:19.Like-for-like, Sam Nicholson. He final 20 minutes of this game.

:40:20. > :40:22.run his course, he worked away, he didn't get much change at the

:40:23. > :40:24.Aberdeen defence, but a bit of power at the back and closing down and

:40:25. > :40:29.doing what Hearts have done at the back and closing down and

:40:30. > :40:34.night. They are good friends, Sam Nicholson and Billy King. Aberdeen

:40:35. > :40:38.are going to make a change shortly. David Goodwillie is going to come on

:40:39. > :40:43.for Andrew Considine, we hear. Here is the confirmation. Considine is

:40:44. > :40:47.missed a sitter. He has had a few nervy moments at the back. David

:40:48. > :40:51.Goodwillie will nervy moments at the back. David

:40:52. > :40:54.Rooney. He scored twice in the league in September. Aberdeen need

:40:55. > :41:00.more magic from him. He knows league in September. Aberdeen need

:41:01. > :41:02.the Hearts defenders know that. Derek

:41:03. > :41:08.the Hearts defenders know that. might just repeat itself. A polar

:41:09. > :41:13.opposite performance in the first half

:41:14. > :41:14.opposite performance in the first were 3-0 up here, the men in black

:41:15. > :41:47.and white. Very tight for Aberdeen. He

:41:48. > :41:51.mis-controls it. It has been that kind of night in Aberdeen. Just

:41:52. > :41:58.about sums it up. You are driving forward. Aberdeen players might just

:41:59. > :42:07.take a look at the goal and go for it. A good position out wide, but

:42:08. > :42:11.the final pass let them down again. Hearts continuing this wonderful

:42:12. > :42:14.scoring record that they have. They have now only failed to score in

:42:15. > :42:19.eight of their last 75 matches, all told. Three of those games were

:42:20. > :42:27.against Celtic, including two cup ties. Just four times this season.

:42:28. > :42:35.They did pick up a point that day in a 00 -- in a 0-0 draw. They were

:42:36. > :42:47.agreed to drop anything in another game. Jordan McGhee's late handball.

:42:48. > :42:56.Forced to concede a throw one. -- a throw in.

:42:57. > :43:08.Igor Ross and is walking up to take this.

:43:09. > :43:16.Hearts edging closer to the fifth round.

:43:17. > :43:44.Misunderstanding between Pallardo and Djum.

:43:45. > :43:56.He is onside. He has got Reilly the middle. It is the right idea why the

:43:57. > :44:02.big Swede. It is too near the goals. If you are not going to take on the

:44:03. > :44:04.shot... He might just be on a level with Mark Reynolds. When he gets

:44:05. > :44:19.there, he needs to go straight across.

:44:20. > :44:29.Callum Paterson with the only goal of this cup ties so far. It came

:44:30. > :44:32.early. They have not really looked like surrendering it. Was that

:44:33. > :44:39.Considine opportunity, which was scooped over, but by and large

:44:40. > :44:45.Hearts have kept Aberdeen at handling -- at arm's length.

:44:46. > :44:51.Everyone of them is big, strong and athletic and they have given away.

:44:52. > :44:58.-- and they have given nothing away. athletic and they have given away.

:44:59. > :45:03.Djum, who has looked like a class act since arriving at Hearts. That

:45:04. > :45:11.is a lovely ball. Lots of options in the middle. A good one thereby

:45:12. > :45:19.Reilly. He takes his eye off it and the pressure is back on Aberdeen.

:45:20. > :45:31.Reilly left it and Hearts still emerged with the ball. Buaben,

:45:32. > :45:33.Paterson. Away by Taylor. Hearts are going to bring Juanma on in a

:45:34. > :45:38.moment, for Gavin Reilly. going to bring Juanma on in a

:45:39. > :45:45.gone over are Reynolds, Sow is in here. Good covering back there by

:45:46. > :45:49.Taylor. A debt of gratitude to his centre-back partner is owed because

:45:50. > :45:53.it is a decent ball forward, Ms read by Mark Reynolds. Taylor makes some

:45:54. > :46:00.great ground there to get on the challenge. -- it was Ms read by Mark

:46:01. > :46:07.Reynolds. Aberdeen are steering down the barrel of Scottish Cup exit

:46:08. > :46:14.there, just 40 minutes to play. King's corner kick is away by Logan.

:46:15. > :46:21.A nice change of gear there by Prince Buaben, suddenly finding

:46:22. > :46:29.loads of space again. Sow's effort is spilt by Ward. He had an option

:46:30. > :46:33.in Rossi out wide left as well, but Sow couldn't resist. I think he was

:46:34. > :46:38.trying to surprise the goalkeeper by pulling the trigger early. Still,

:46:39. > :46:42.Aberdeen in this cup tie. The question is can they put the Hearts

:46:43. > :46:48.defence, which has been barely tested this evening, under the cosh,

:46:49. > :46:55.in the closing stages of it? Here is Peter Pawlett.

:46:56. > :46:57.in the closing stages of it? Here is good, coming on for the injured

:46:58. > :47:06.Willo Flood in the first half. This is McLean. A corner. It did come off

:47:07. > :47:11.Pallardo. I mentioned the Hearts back before, Pallardo in front has

:47:12. > :47:15.been quality as well. Just never given Aberdeen a minute to settle on

:47:16. > :47:18.the ball. This is just Aberdeen's second corner kick of the night.

:47:19. > :47:30.They are in a hurry. Understandably so. It comes from Hayes, steep.

:47:31. > :47:34.Easily away by King and now it's Sow. This is where Aberdeen punished

:47:35. > :47:43.Hearts in the league meeting earlier in the season. Danny Ward has

:47:44. > :47:50.committed himself and he had to. Now that's another potential major point

:47:51. > :47:54.in this Scottish Cup tie. Too much on the path, credit Danny Ward, he

:47:55. > :47:58.was on his toes, he started from a good position and made up the ground

:47:59. > :48:15.quickly and that was a good challenge -- there was too much on

:48:16. > :48:17.the path. -- pass. Still Hearts are chasing Aberdeen, every time a Dons

:48:18. > :48:49.player has the ball. Hearts, as you would expect with the

:48:50. > :48:53.height advantage, have dealt with the cross balls and long

:48:54. > :49:00.height advantage, have dealt with night, pretty soundly. Goodwillie

:49:01. > :49:04.takes it. Pawlett, was he pushed? Yes, says John Beaton. It's the kind

:49:05. > :49:08.of area where you would like to cause problems but it's a bit

:49:09. > :49:12.further out than I would imagine somebody thinking they could beat

:49:13. > :49:20.the goalkeeper from there. It is something on the training ground. I

:49:21. > :49:27.told you about this ages ago, Juanma, on for Reilly. He has made

:49:28. > :49:35.an impression since arriving in the summer. He is on for the closing

:49:36. > :49:44.stages of it. Nine goals this campaign. Osman Sow recently

:49:45. > :49:49.replaced him as top scorer. He is on ten. I think Kenny McLean fancies

:49:50. > :49:54.this. It's one way out, isn't it? But he's got just over ten minutes

:49:55. > :49:58.left for he and his team-mates to try and salvage this. McGinn leaves

:49:59. > :50:05.it for McLean. Comfortable for Alexander. Yes, it's the modern-day

:50:06. > :50:09.free kick, the side foot and the ball moves and it causes all sorts

:50:10. > :50:16.of problems for the goalkeeper, Merc but straight

:50:17. > :50:17.of problems for the goalkeeper, Merc and no movement. It was never

:50:18. > :50:22.threatening Neil Alexander, that one.

:50:23. > :50:38.This was another hairy moment for the Aberdeen defence. Yes, the final

:50:39. > :50:43.pass is better here. It's one-on-one. Look how much ground the

:50:44. > :50:49.goalkeeper makes up there, really good play from the keeper. Danny

:50:50. > :50:52.Ward on what loan from Liverpool, he's in a five-year contract

:50:53. > :50:59.Ward on what loan from Liverpool, he arrived on loan at Aberdeen. He

:51:00. > :51:10.is highly thought of at Anfield. As much as at Pittodrie. This is

:51:11. > :51:13.Shinnie, the Goodwillie. His old Dundee United Scottish Cup winning

:51:14. > :51:20.team-mate, Prince Buaben, takes it away from him. Sow I think is

:51:21. > :51:26.on-site here, yes. He knew it him self. Again, the clock ticks down.

:51:27. > :51:31.The Aberdeen need a bit of craft, don't they? It's what they've got

:51:32. > :51:38.their and it's the offside position so the linesman got it spot on but

:51:39. > :51:43.Aberdeen need a bit of Kraft, a bit of guile, in the final third. They

:51:44. > :51:50.just can't get it going in the final third. That's a heavy touch by

:51:51. > :51:57.Pallardo. Hayes was outmuscled and booed by Callum Paterson. It's been

:51:58. > :52:00.the story for Aberdeen tonight. To be fair, it was McGinn in the first

:52:01. > :52:04.half who went at him and got be fair, it was McGinn in the first

:52:05. > :52:13.out of him and Jonny Hayes in the second half hasn't got a lot more.

:52:14. > :52:22.It's his goal that is sending Hearts through Aberdeen's the expense. As

:52:23. > :52:26.things stand. Two ties to come tomorrow, Rangers, Cowdenbeath,

:52:27. > :52:33.Stranraer, Celtic, on BBC Radio 1 for that. -- BBC radio Scotland for

:52:34. > :52:49.that. Hearts trying to see this out. Aberdeen yet to beat hearts in the

:52:50. > :52:54.Scottish Cup tie at Tynecastle, they have won here in the Scottish Cup

:52:55. > :52:58.previously. Against Dundee United in the semifinal, when they lost won

:52:59. > :53:04.the trophy. They are heading out as things stand, you saw anything

:53:05. > :53:10.McLean got might have taken it passed its keeper. Aberdeen have

:53:11. > :53:15.struggled with that ball evening. They would rip your arm off for a

:53:16. > :53:19.replay, Aberdeen. Hearts seven minutes away, plus stoppage time. A

:53:20. > :53:42.place in the last 16. Derek McInnes and Tony Docherty,

:53:43. > :53:46.still Tony Docherty writing things down in his pad but it's all about

:53:47. > :53:55.what is left in the cup and there's not much left of it but and four

:53:56. > :53:57.Hearts, not much left to defend. It's

:53:58. > :54:10.Hearts, not much left to defend. performances of the season.

:54:11. > :54:16.They have been up for it, they've been up to it. Robbie Neilson's

:54:17. > :54:43.side. Hearts are about to bring on Jordan

:54:44. > :54:47.McGhee, who infamously became a Hearts supporter, gifted Aberdeen a

:54:48. > :54:52.victory at Pittodrie, as Juanma is flagged off. Literally handed

:54:53. > :54:56.Aberdeen three points that day, conceding a late penalty, which was

:54:57. > :55:01.converted by Adam Rooney. Derek McInnes has decided to push Taylor

:55:02. > :55:04.up as a striker, I think. Certainly pushed him forward for this free

:55:05. > :55:11.kick and I expect him to stay there. We shall see. It comes to nothing

:55:12. > :55:16.though, the free kick. Rossi gives it away, it's Kenny McLean who has

:55:17. > :55:21.the overlap. Here is McLean. The McGinn now, down to the byline. It's

:55:22. > :55:28.not a bad ball in. Rooney's header, straight at Alexander. Hearts

:55:29. > :55:35.survive. Yes, better again from Aberdeen. Hearts gave the ball away,

:55:36. > :55:43.it was Rossi. A decent ball into the middle, Rooney doesn't get enough on

:55:44. > :55:54.the final effort. Find -- final five. Shay Logan. Takes the high

:55:55. > :55:59.road. Rooney did win that, in Augustyn with a crucial touch. He

:56:00. > :56:08.barges Pawlett to the ground. A very silly place to give it away, as

:56:09. > :56:12.well. It's one of those challenges, you are going in full pelt, the

:56:13. > :56:15.player gets there before you, you lean into them, you know the player

:56:16. > :56:20.will go to ground and you know the referee will give a free kick in a

:56:21. > :56:25.dangerous area. There's a yellow card came out. It's August and I

:56:26. > :56:33.think got the card, it was Ozturk who was bellowing at John Beaton,

:56:34. > :56:41.the referee -- Augustyn I think got the card. In time, it's another Dean

:56:42. > :56:49.free kick. -- and Aberdeen free kick. They haven't really threatened

:56:50. > :56:55.with the free kicks, Aberdeen, in this game, as we have seen them do

:56:56. > :56:58.on numerous occasions this season. Set pieces is something they have

:56:59. > :57:07.used to their benefit and they do so here. McGinn with the right, McLean

:57:08. > :57:11.on the left, both capable. It's Maclean, it's off the wall, it's

:57:12. > :57:17.back with McGinn and its worldwide. Hearts move a step closer to the

:57:18. > :57:23.next stage. Yes, it's a big wall. Some of those players are over six

:57:24. > :57:26.foot. Running out of time, it's another chance gone far Aberdeen.

:57:27. > :57:34.They just didn't strike it well enough and get it over the wall.

:57:35. > :57:41.McGinn's effort there, meantime Osman Sow has

:57:42. > :57:44.McGinn's effort there, meantime Jordan McGhee. Robbie Neilson

:57:45. > :57:45.shoring things up as we move towards the final couple of minutes. We are

:57:46. > :58:09.almost there. third in the Premiership. And

:58:10. > :58:15.Aberdeen's season might be down to just the league again. It was Ozturk

:58:16. > :58:22.who was booked a moment ago, rather than Rossi, who committed the foul.

:58:23. > :58:27.Ozturk had plenty to say. Taylor didn't get much on that but it came

:58:28. > :58:35.to Goodwillie. Is there a hand? Yes, says the referee. They Hearts free

:58:36. > :58:42.kick. Yes, the free kicks for Hearts far too easily.

:58:43. > :58:48.Craig Hill Scottish Cup man of the matches

:58:49. > :58:52.and I don't think it's going to come as much of a surprise to that many

:58:53. > :58:55.people. It could have been a team, Hearts have been that good tonight

:58:56. > :58:59.but the one goal separates the sides. He scored the

:59:00. > :59:03.but the one goal separates the with beginning the first half, his

:59:04. > :59:07.dealt with Hayes in the second half and my man of the matches Callum

:59:08. > :59:22.Paterson, of Hearts. As gone all the way back to Alexander, who

:59:23. > :59:35.Aberdeen's need is urgent. haven't been in a Scottish Cup final

:59:36. > :59:45.since 2000. Semifinalists and Derek McInnes a couple of seasons ago. --

:59:46. > :59:51.under Derek McInnes. Hayes with the cross. It came to McGinn, spilt by

:59:52. > :00:17.Alexander. Rossi was there. Great effort. Hit the target from a

:00:18. > :00:21.difficult angle. Be stoppage time will be four minutes. Which we have

:00:22. > :00:35.gone into. Pawlett, the cross. You

:00:36. > :00:40.has gone through the player to get the ball, but I don't end there was

:00:41. > :00:47.any danger of doing any damage. -- I don't think.

:00:48. > :00:58.Rooney flicks on. That was Taylor. Goodwillie. Goodwillie wins Aberdeen

:00:59. > :01:13.a corner. Danny Ward is coming up for it. All hands to the pump.

:01:14. > :01:17.a corner. Danny Ward is coming up a goal-scorer? The delivery, which

:01:18. > :01:27.was one by Reynolds. Held onto by Alexander will stop from a Taylor

:01:28. > :01:36.header. Danny Ward in the opponents of D box. Good work from Aberdeen.

:01:37. > :01:40.No place on the ball. He tries to generate pace

:01:41. > :01:40.No place on the ball. He tries to keeper. Can't generate enough pace

:01:41. > :01:51.to worry Alexander. Ozturk is decked. The clock ticks

:01:52. > :02:02.down. It is an Aberdeen throw in, midway

:02:03. > :02:18.inside the Hearts half. A couple of challenges, and Callum

:02:19. > :02:23.Paterson gets him down. I think Hearts are seeing that the ball was

:02:24. > :02:32.played out by them to allow it to be given to Ozturk. Jonny Hayes was not

:02:33. > :02:36.given the ball back. This is the nonsense you get at the end of every

:02:37. > :02:41.game now. If Hearts knock the ball out, one of their players is down.

:02:42. > :02:46.Aberdeen think, that is vital seconds that we can't get attacked.

:02:47. > :02:51.Jonny Hayes decided to play on. A bit of bad feeling about this if

:02:52. > :03:00.this ball ends up in the back of the net. This could be the last chance

:03:01. > :03:03.Aberdeen. Ward stays up. Niall McGinn to take. We are about to go

:03:04. > :03:11.into the final minute of injury time. Was that a push? There was, I

:03:12. > :03:18.Shay Logan. It is a hearts free kick. That might be about it. I

:03:19. > :03:25.think you will find that Alexander will take an absolute eternity to

:03:26. > :03:30.take the free kick, get it out wide. Another yellow card for Alexander.

:03:31. > :03:38.Ozturk, Paterson, Alexander, all booked. This could total across the

:03:39. > :03:48.competition, because you would imagine that Hearts will be

:03:49. > :03:59.continuing in the competition. Hearts so close. And Aberdeen are

:04:00. > :04:03.so, so close to the exit door again. Another painful Scottish Cup night

:04:04. > :04:06.for Aberdeen, by the looks of things, unless they can rescue

:04:07. > :04:11.for Aberdeen, by the looks of here. Goodwillie chases, he gets

:04:12. > :04:18.there. Taylor, Logan. Corner. The pressure is on. Aberdeen keep

:04:19. > :04:23.knocking at the door but so, -- but, so far, every ball that has come in

:04:24. > :04:29.there, Hearts have managed to block. All or nothing for Aberdeen. If

:04:30. > :04:37.Hearts defend this, they are through. Niall McGinn's corner. John

:04:38. > :04:46.Beaton will signal the end of the cup tie. Hearts are through to round

:04:47. > :04:51.five. A wonderful first half performance has taken them through.

:04:52. > :04:57.Alan Paterson's goal inside three minutes is enough to take the Jam

:04:58. > :05:03.Tarts through to the next stage. -- Callum Paterson. For Aberdeen,

:05:04. > :05:08.another early exit. They go out at the first

:05:09. > :05:11.another early exit. They go out at season. A wonderful performance from

:05:12. > :05:15.Hearts, one of their best of the campaign. They were vibrant,

:05:16. > :05:22.confident, and they have seen the job through. Aberdeen paying for a

:05:23. > :05:26.poor first half. They were better in the second, but it is a painful

:05:27. > :05:31.night for them and it is a joyful one for the Jam Tarts, thanks to

:05:32. > :05:33.that man, Callum Paterson's sixth goal of the season. It finishes here

:05:34. > :05:51.A powerful performance from Hearts, at Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 1,

:05:52. > :05:54.A powerful performance from Hearts, blasting out of the blocks, thanks

:05:55. > :05:59.to Callum Paterson. They got the job done, Michael Stewart. You hit the

:06:00. > :06:03.nail on the head. It was a powerful performance. It lacked something in

:06:04. > :06:09.the second half but, over I don't think too many people can

:06:10. > :06:14.argue with the result, although there is no doubt that Aberdeen did

:06:15. > :06:17.come back into it in the second half without creating any really

:06:18. > :06:21.clear-cut opportunities, apart from that Andrew Considine chance. Maybe

:06:22. > :06:28.Ash Taylor's header towards the end as well. Did they deserve to take

:06:29. > :06:32.the tie any further? We will get that answer in a second. We will

:06:33. > :06:37.hear now from the man whose goal won the match tonight and it has taken

:06:38. > :06:42.Hearts into the last 16, Callum Paterson.

:06:43. > :06:47.Congratulations. Your goal, the difference. A deserved victory in

:06:48. > :06:50.the end? We played our best football in the first half. We were a bit

:06:51. > :06:55.slack in the second, but we deserved the result. We had worked on the

:06:56. > :07:00.corner during the week and there were not many going at me. It looked

:07:01. > :07:08.like a tough shift out there tonight. It was hard. They are a

:07:09. > :07:13.tough squad. We know that the team spirit at this club is huge. How far

:07:14. > :07:18.can that take you in the competition? It is a massive game in

:07:19. > :07:23.the league as well. We have got a good squad and a good atmosphere in

:07:24. > :07:28.the changing room. We need to take that forward. Congratulations, you

:07:29. > :07:34.are the Man of the Match. Enjoy. Thank you.

:07:35. > :07:38.Callum Paterson's fifth goal of the season takes Hearts into the last

:07:39. > :07:42.16. Always a young man who is involved in games, and their only

:07:43. > :07:47.goal of this game couldn't have been much earlier. It couldn't, and he

:07:48. > :07:52.took it well, reacting to the ball coming to him. He got a good touch,

:07:53. > :07:56.good power, turning it into the back of the net. Throughout, he was

:07:57. > :08:02.superb. Jonny Hayes was well muscled by him, that is for sure. This is

:08:03. > :08:07.the goal. He react to it. It is instinctive. But good power, and he

:08:08. > :08:12.finds his spot extremely well into the top corner. That goal made all

:08:13. > :08:16.the difference. It is so important, starting a game positively and

:08:17. > :08:21.positively. On occasions like this, it settled it. Of course. The game

:08:22. > :08:25.positively. On occasions like this, against Celtic at Tynecastle was

:08:26. > :08:29.very much the same ilk. They had to start weekly and on the front foot.

:08:30. > :08:33.They have picked up a draw against Celtic and they have got a win

:08:34. > :08:37.against Aberdeen whereas earlier in the season, performances against

:08:38. > :08:41.Aberdeen and Celtic were far too passive. The start was vital,

:08:42. > :08:45.because it really knocked Aberdeen out of their stride. When they came

:08:46. > :08:50.into the game in the second half, it was a wee bit more, without being a

:08:51. > :08:53.great deal of finesse, Aberdeen got into the game physically a bit, and

:08:54. > :08:58.a lot was down to the fact that they were not allowed to get any passing

:08:59. > :09:06.play in the first half. Did Aberdeen deserved more than they got? I don't

:09:07. > :09:10.think so. Even in the second half, Aberdeen created a couple of

:09:11. > :09:13.chances, Andrew Considine possibly be best, Niall McGinn with one at

:09:14. > :09:19.the back post. It was a narrow angle. But you are probably talking

:09:20. > :09:26.about two or 3/2 chances. In the first half, nothing at all. Hearts,

:09:27. > :09:33.total domination. I was struggling at half-time to see how Hearts could

:09:34. > :09:37.keep the tempo up. Aberdeen didn't play enough football for me, they

:09:38. > :09:42.didn't get the chance, because Hearts were so physical in terms of

:09:43. > :09:48.closing them down. And I thought, you know, the winners tonight were

:09:49. > :09:53.Hearts, without any doubt. They deserved it. Robbie Neilson will not

:09:54. > :09:58.be screaming from the rooftops, it's not his style, but Hearts will

:09:59. > :10:02.privately believe that they can win the second -- the Scottish Cup. You

:10:03. > :10:08.have to keep reminding yourself that this is a newly promoted team. Of

:10:09. > :10:11.course, but they are not a typical championship side that have just

:10:12. > :10:17.been promoted. They are a Premiership side in infrastructure,

:10:18. > :10:20.the squad that is there. To find them at the top of the table is not

:10:21. > :10:24.a big surprise. You are totally right, there is no reason why they

:10:25. > :10:28.shouldn't be able to challenge for Aberdeen for the second place in the

:10:29. > :10:31.league, and no reason why they shouldn't go further in the Scottish

:10:32. > :10:37.Cup, as long as they don't get another typical team -- difficult

:10:38. > :10:47.team in the next round. You will have Scottish Cup highlights tonight

:10:48. > :10:52.on the BBC at 10:25pm. Some classic cup football, including an

:10:53. > :11:02.athletic's giant-killing exploits. -- and an athletic's. At Tynecastle

:11:03. > :11:03.tonight, Hearts have won their first Scottish Cup tie since landing the

:11:04. > :11:30.trophy in 2012. # You make me feel

:11:31. > :11:31.# Like I'm alive again...