WE CAN'T KEEP ON LEAVING IT LATE

DEREK McINNES admits he's had his fill of the late, late show as Hearts hit the Premiership summit with another dramatic fightback.

- GORDON PARKS AT ALMONDVALE

It required another salvage job for the Jambos who came from behind for the third successive Premiership match. Claudio Braga and sub Alexandros Kyziridis delivered the win after trailing to a first-half Lewis Smith strike at Livingston.

McInnes was delighted with a result which takes his players one point ahead of champions Celtic, with the Hoops heading to Ibrox on derby duty this afternoon.

But the boss insists hed rather his team didn’t put him through weekly nerve shredders.

He said: “Everybody loves a late winner but it’s three away games now weve come through from behind.

“We've managed to dig ourselves out and produce a second-half performance that allows us to win the game but we can't keep coming from behind on that. So that goal we lose isn't going to get the job done.

“Part of the first half I was actually all right with until we lost that first goal.

“But when you lose a goal like that you then start to scrutinise everything, your shape, personnel, everything and there was no need for it.