"A man down after just 14 minutes after Beni Baningime's red card, the Scottish Premiership pace-setters defied their circumstances again to score twice in the second half and remain six points clear at the top of the table. Unlike the weekend, when they were a goal to the good and had half the game left to play, it was goalless at Tynecastle on Wednesday when their numbers were cut."
"'I said Sunday was the best three points, but that tops it a long way,' said a grinning Derek McInnes afterwards. But something else the Hearts head coach said stood out. 'We don't have the riches of Rangers and Celtic,' he said. 'We're still paying 'Hearts wages'. 'I think there's this thing out there that we're up there on a level. We're the underdog by a long shot.'"
Hearts played with ten men after Beni Baningime's red card after 14 minutes yet scored twice in the second half to win and remain six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Derek McInnes described the victory as surpassing the Dundee result and emphasized the club's limited finances compared with Rangers and Celtic, calling Hearts the underdog. The team adopts a siege mentality that has driven recent resilience, including a previous win at Dundee with ten men. Hearts suffered several surprising dropped points earlier in the season but have performed strongly against the Old Firm.
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