Hearts 3-1 Rosenborg (agg 4-3): Scots earn Europa Conference League playoff place

Hearts roared backmost from 3-1 down to clinch a Europa Conference League play-off with PAOK aft a breathtaking contention with Rosenborg astatine a raucous Tynecastle.

However, Lawrence Shankland started the miraculous turnaround by delightfully dinking Hearts level, timing his breakaway from the last enactment of defence perfectly.

Rosenborg were rattled, and Hearts capitalised swiftly successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Cammy Devlin rippled the extortion of the nett from an acute space aft composed build-up play, earlier his deflected stoppage-time onslaught snatched an improbable win.

Frankie McAvoy's broadside volition present look Greek broadside PAOK, with the archetypal limb astatine Tynecastle adjacent Thursday.

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• Reaction & arsenic it happened

The announcement minutes earlier kick-off that Tynecastle would beryllium a sell-out was met with a rasping roar. One which stayed successful the aerial until Clark was caught clasping arsenic the shot trickled implicit the line, extinguishing the energy.

Hearts heads did not fall, though, and earlier Shankland's equaliser sparked bedlam, Yutaro Oda scudded the woodwork with a thunderous effort alternatively than squaring to the loitering Liam Boyce.

Chances were squandered by Frankie Kent and Kye Rowles arsenic the centre-backs meandered into promising positions up the different end. Nat Atkinson, though, stuck to his work of defending, hooking the shot disconnected the enactment aft a messy episode.

Hearts seemed to beryllium moving retired of puff and ideas arsenic they allowed Rosenborg to regain their rhythm. Extra-time, astatine the precise least, seemed likely.

Then, Devlin delivered yet again. Creating chaos, cries and cannot-believe-it scenes successful the stands of a beyond-jubilant Tynecastle.

Player of the lucifer - Cammy Devlin

It conscionable has to be, doesn't it? What a displacement from the Aussie.

Perseverance pays disconnected for tireless Hearts - investigation

Wow. Just wow. Hearts were dilatory starters but it was astir the footwear into cogwheel they needed. They soon looked similar a squad comfy successful this benignant of arena.

That said, determination was sloppiness from some sides, conscionable similar determination was past week, but that provided Hearts with the assurance that Rosenborg were determination for the taking.

Devlin whitethorn beryllium diminutive, but helium roseate successful stature here, taking work and his chances successful his stride.

The midfield trio wasn't rather ticking successful the archetypal fractional and it appears McAvoy and co are inactive not rather definite which operation works best.

Things volition request to tighten up astatine the backmost for the sojourn of PAOK, but it seems harsh to criticise astatine this gutsy Hearts broadside close now.

What they said

Hearts caput manager Frankie McAvoy: "I spoke astir patience yesterday; adjacent erstwhile we mislaid the aboriginal extremity it wasn't a large commencement but that tin happen. It's astir however you recover.

"When you person enactment similar that, they drove america on. We knew it would beryllium a pugnacious tie. Sometimes you request bully fortune.

"A travel to Greece volition beryllium pugnacious arsenic well, but we've got to clasp these occasions."

Hearts skipper Lawrence Shankland: "We knew the nonsubjective was to triumph it, thankfully we've scored enough. It's a pugnacious task [against PAOK], but we spell again."

On reports linking him with a determination to Saudi Arabia, helium added: "I unrecorded successful the present and now. I bask nights similar this and I'll support enjoying it."

What's next?

Hearts are backmost present astatine Tynecastle connected Sunday, 20 August to look Partick Thistle successful their archetypal League Cup crippled of the play (14:00 BST).