INVERNESS MUST MAKE GREATER MARK IN FRONT OF GOAL

MARK BROWN insists Inverness paid a heavy price for not being ruthless enough in front of goal.

Charlie Christie's men ought to have left Tynecastle with at least a point to show for their efforts rather than a scoreline that flattered their hosts. Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne and Barry Wilson all passed up chances that could have put a different complexion on the game.

Highlanders' keeper Brown had just one save to make - and a beauty it was too from Jamie Mole's goalbound header. Yet still he had to collect the ball from his net on four occasions.

Brown said: "Up until Hearts' third goal we were still in the match and I thought we could have snatched an equaliser.

"The third was the killer. We fell apart after that and Hearts took advantage.

"I have had one real save to make yet I have still picked the ball out of my net four times.

"We did not take our chances and that is the fine line between being a top team and Caley Thistle."

Caley also lost the services of Wyness in the first half with a dislocated shoulder that will see his sidelined for a few weeks.

His boss could not believe the margin of defeat.

Christie said: "Barry Wilson had a glorious header from five yards to make it 2-2 and if that had gone in it would have changed the whole game. You would have fancied Caley to go on and win the match.

"Dennis Wyness misses a header by inches which would have been one of the finest goals we had scored since coming up.

"That is the best we've played at Tynecastle since we won 3-1 in the cup here.

"Caley Thistle put so much into the game and it is frustrating as we will play worse and win this season. This defeat is a hard one to take."

Taken from the Daily Record