Hearts V Livingston – Cinch Scottish Premiership (25/09/2021)
A bit of a mad rush today and I missed the first 5 minutes of the game, as I had an induction at a new job at 1200. I had to get a taxi to Croy train station, then the 1425 train to Haymarket and finally an Uber to Tynecastle. Nightmare of a day, this meant I missed the first 10 minutes of the game to much of my annoyance, but I guess that’s the issue with relying on public transport.
Found my seat which was moved again due to Covid protocols but I was in the same seat as I was for the Hibs game, so I knew where I was going which saved some time. No pie today as I scoffed a sausage roll on the train, got a nice cup of luke warm water that cost £1.
With 25 minutes gone, following great play from McKay who switched to Cochrane, who then played a great ball back to Smith who volleyed in a screamer from near the edge of the box to make it 1-0 to the Jam Tarts.
On 32 minutes it was 2-0 to Hearts, Baningime was brought down in the box and Liam Boyce cooly put the penalty to the keepers left.
Great first half from Hearts, not such a good half of you are a Livingston fan though. Hearts bossed the half and Gordon was rarely tested, Smith looked like he wanted another goal as he went close as the half came to a close from distance. I loved the link up play between Cochrane and Kingsley down the left, with Cochrane impressing most from the Hearts eleven.
More great play from Barrie McKay in the box and his ball across the six yard box found Cochrane in space who put the ball away for his first Hearts goal and much deserved too, for 3-0 on 64 minutes.
A great Hearts performance and still unbeaten this season, one of the best Hearts performances I’ve seen in a long while and very much deserved three points against a Livingston side who looked very poor. Special mentions to Woodburn, McKay, Kingsley, Cochrane, Smith, Devlin and Moore who all played superbly today but my man of the match was Alex Cochrane who had a great game.
So onto my ratings…
Ticket Price – Season Ticket
Programme Price – £3.50
Programme Rating – 8/10
Refreshments – 3/10
Stadium Facilities – 7/10
Getting To Stadium – 8/10
Stadium Rating – 9/10
Thanks for reading my thoughts on Hearts against Livingston.
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