Hearts rescue point but lose injured Gordon

Hearts skipper and Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon was taken disconnected connected a stretcher successful a atrocious collision with Steven Fletcher

Lawrence Shankland's precocious punishment saved a gully for Hearts astatine Dundee United successful a Scottish Premiership crippled marred by a superior wounded to Scotland keeper Craig Gordon.

The visitors had already mislaid Craig Halkett and Stephen Kingsley to wounded aboriginal on, earlier Gordon followed connected a stretcher aft a fearfulness collision with Fletcher.

Hearts stay 4th aft missing the accidental to spell 3rd with Aberdeen losing distant to St Mirren, whilst United enactment bottom.

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Hearts' assurance was rocked aft lone six minutes erstwhile Halkett went down, jarring his genu successful the turf earlier being carried from the pitch.

Kye Rowles replaced him and struggled to woody with Fletcher. The striker duly picked the shot retired of the sky, gave himself country and half-volleyed the shot past Gordon - courtesy of a deflection disconnected Rowles.

Hearts deed backmost done an improbable source. Cammy Devlin slipped the shot into the container to the marauding Smith who finished similar immoderate bully striker would. It was his archetypal extremity since Boxing Day past year.

Then came much drama. Arnaud Djoum was penalised for a handball successful the box. Colin Steven had nary hesitation, until VAR Alan Muir asked him to look astatine the pitch-side monitor. It was ruled that the shot struck the falling Djoum's supporting arm, and truthful should not person been given. Ultimately, it wasn't.

United were much objective astatine the commencement of the 2nd half. Glenn Middleton held the shot up good connected the borderline of the box, teeing disconnected to Levitt who curled comfortably into the bottommost corner.

They astir made it 3 erstwhile Fletcher connected to a Middleton cross, but his header was tipped superbly implicit the barroom by Gordon.

The 2 would collide minutes aboriginal successful a sickening clash that saw some replaced. The incidental was initially fixed arsenic a United penalty, earlier being overturned again by Steven.

Hearts pressed for an equaliser and turned to their different talisman - Shankland - who yet got the accidental from the spot erstwhile Ross Graham hauled him down successful the box.

The fig 9 stepped up to nonstop the keeper the incorrect way, rescuing a point, but it volition beryllium scant consolation arsenic they number their wounded losses.

Player of the Match - Steven Fletcher

A implicit nuisance for United, helium troubled Hearts each day and deserved his goal. The Fletcher of old.

Gordon wounded overshadows Hearts fightback - analysis

A lucifer successful which a atrocious wounded overshadowed what was successful information a large crippled of football.

Open, free-flowing, some sides perfectly hopeless to win. There were chances aplenty. There were scrappy, beardown challenges, and a gully is conscionable astir a just result. Both sides mightiness spot it arsenic a missed chance.

But post-match thoughts instantly crook to Gordon who near the parkland connected a stretcher. It was thing much than an accidental, full-blooded, collision and hopefully Fletcher is okay, too.

What's next?

Dundee United big Ross County connected Wednesday night, whilst Hearts question to Perth to instrumentality connected St Johnstone (both 19:45 GMT).