CAN STU BELIEVE IT?

Gorgie goal hero Findlay nets dramatic double as Hearts win thrilling Tannadice tussle

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STUART FINDLAY was the Hearts hero as he netted what proved to be a dramatic last-gasp winner against Dundee United at Tannadice.

Jam Tarts skipper Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring with a penalty against his former side with the hosts bouncing back strongly before the break thanks to an Ivan Dolcek double.

Findlay equalised just before the hour mark for Hearts before popping up at the death to secure all three points for the Edinburgh side.

While there was late disappointment for the majority of the 10,874 crowd -in United's last home league game until they host Kilmarnock on September 27 - there is still hope for the future of their homegrown talent.

They came underfire for fielding a starting lineup without any Scots in their UEFA Conference League second qualifying round tie against UNA Strassen last month. But there were three Scots starting against Hearts ~ Craig Sibbald, Owen Stirton and Miller Thomson.

Hearts made just one change to the starting lineup that kicked off the league campaign with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen on Monday night at Tynecastle with Alan Forrest coming in at wingback to replace the injured Christian Borchgrevink.

The visitors made a bright opening and were the first to threaten in the eighth minute when Frankie Kent got his head to a Harry Milne corner.

But the English defender couldn’t trouble United keeper Yevhen Kucherenko and the ball sailed over.