Mark Atkinson reports from Easter Road.
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00:00Good afternoon from inside Easter Road Stadium where it's finished Hibs 1, Hearts 1 in the
00:07basement Edinburgh derby. No change in the standings for both of these two Edinburgh
00:12clubs. They sit bottom and second bottom respectively. Hearts have a slightly better goal difference.
00:19For one moment though it looked like Hibs were going to get a really important victory
00:22here having taken the lead from Mikola Kukarevic in the second half. They were five minutes
00:27or so away from a really important win. But as has been their default setting for too
00:34often this season they conceded a goal late on in a match. 86 minutes on the clock and
00:39it's a great story for 17 year old teenage striker James Wilson who came off the bench
00:44and prodded home after Hibs failed to deal with a long throw sparking jubilant scenes
00:50in the away end. Neil Critchley the hearts manager believed his team were worth a point.
00:54David Gray felt that Hibs deserved all three. I'd say a draw was probably about right. Hibs
00:59had the better chances. But Hearts never really looked totally uncomfortable in this match
01:05and with Hibs right now you always feel you're going to get a late concession of a goal.
01:09Their keeper Joseph Bursick on a nervy performance from Hibman while the centre-halves Marvin
01:13Ekpeteta and Lauren O'Hora played pretty well. It's the rest of the team that don't seem
01:19rigid enough. The winning goal, Lewis Miller on the right back loses Wilson and really
01:23should do better. David Gray was actually pretty stark in his post-match thoughts about
01:29individual errors. He said that they were too costly and that must be really frustrating
01:33the Hibs boss because while his team do a lot of good things going forward in general
01:38play they still have a softness that needs to be eradicated pretty quickly otherwise
01:42they won't be winning matches any time soon and will remain in the relegation zone. It's
01:46too early to say that Hibs are a team in trouble because they're on the same points as Hearts
01:51ultimately but the longer that this run of late conceded goals goes on the more worrying
01:56it becomes for Gray and his coaching staff. They head to Dingwall on Wednesday, a huge
02:01match against Ross County where they have to show more fortitude in the close stages
02:05of matches. Hearts on the other hand are still unbeaten under Neil Critchley and they welcome
02:09Kilmarnock to Tyne Castle on Wednesday. The game is coming thick and fast. They finish
02:13here at Easter Road, Hibs 1 Hearts 1.