OUR BEST FREE BETS & SIGN-UP OFFERS<\/a><\/p>\nThen it was down to business and within seconds of the kick off they had a great chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Breaking down the left allowed Tawanda Maswanhise to feed Elijah Just out wide and his pinpoint cross was attacked by Callum Slattery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He got ahead of Beni Baningime to connect with a diving header, but Alexander Schwolow was able to push it away from his bottom left corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His counterpart at the other end Calum Ward then had to be active, after Gordon\u2019s pass into the middle for Oscar Priestman saw him blocked and Hearts countering.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shankland picked up, they got it wide to Altena for him to shoot and while Ward parried it away, the Hearts skipper looked certain to score from the rebound.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the Hearts fans behind the opposite goal time seemed to stop as he went to roll it into the corner but from seemingly nowhere Stephen O\u2019Donnell appeared at full stretch to block.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was an incredible intervention from the Well man, who prevented a certain goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearts applaud the away fans at full time. Credit: Willie Vass<\/p>\n
Derek McInnes at full-time Credit: Willie Vass<\/p>\n
Breathless stuff for the first 23 minutes, before a break in play to allow Findlay treatment after being floored in an aerial tussle with Maswanhise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And the whole of the Hearts team\u2019s heads were spinning two minutes later when Well took the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was all about Maswanhise\u2019s pace, as he burned the Jambos back line chasing Elliot Watt\u2019s through ball before back-heeling it back for Emmanuel Longelo to cross.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His whipped ball into the six-yard box caused mayhem, as Said burst in and put enough pressure on Kingsley that he turned it home while trying to clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The defender, hero against Rangers, was then sparkled with a head knock in the opposite box following a boot to the head by Gordon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McInnes responded to going behind by switching to three at the back, hoping to get Kingsley \u2013 back on after some attention \u2013 and Altena pushing higher up the pitch while guarding against that devastating ball in behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind for the FIFTH time in a row, Hearts needed another huge response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And they got it two minutes before half-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingsley getting up the pitch worked, as he fired a cross into the area from the left which was aimed at Shankland but as he was sandwiched between two defenders, it bounced out to Michael Steinwender.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Stephen Welsh claiming he\u2019d been fouled, the Hearts man fired a shot in which Ward parried and this time Shankland was ready to pounce, capitalising from eight yards out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Well players surrounded ref Steven McLean claiming the Jambos skipper had shoved the on-loan Celtic man to the floor, but VAR man Greg Aitken checked it and \u2013 correctly \u2013 judged he\u2019d gone over easily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearts, whose penalty claims for a Longelo handball had been dismissed, were forced into a sub right before the break, replacing Leonard with Kyziridis after he was left crocked from a shove in the back by Just.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell had the ball in the net for Motherwell on 52 minutes but was flagged offside and VAR didn\u2019t have to waste too long confirming it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearts suffered a major injury blow on the hour as Halkett crumpled with a serious-looking calf injury when playing a ball out to his left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The defender was eventually stretchered off, replaced by Frankie Kent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McLean was then summoned to the monitor following a Hearts corner which saw Kyziridis left on the floor under a challenge from Longelo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Well defender certainly looked to have caught his foot, but the whistler infuriated the Jambos by saying no.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shankland couldn\u2019t connect with a cross from the left as Hearts bounced back and forward trying to get a winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But despite pinging balls into the box, they couldn\u2019t make the breakthrough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now they have to watch Celtic Park and hope for a helping hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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