YOGI: I'M SORRY

FALKIRK boss John Hughes last night apologised to his players for the red card that threatened to cast a cloud over his side's superb point at Tynecastle.

The Bairns boss was sent to the stand at half-time by ref John Underhill for bursting on the pitch to blast Hearts striker Michal Pospisil and Roman Bednar for their part in Kenny Milne's booking.

And he admits he's ashamed he let his emotions get the better of him on the day his side stayed on the Jambos' coat-tails at the top of the table. Yogi sighed: "I was sent to the stand for coming on the field of play and then behaving aggressively.

"It was fair enough although I don't know if you'd call what I did aggressive when you're from Leith!

"I apologised to the players afterwards because that's no way to behave.

"I'm a passionate guy and it's a passionate game and I'm disappointed by my behaviour - but I won't let it outshine my team's performance. For long spells we were as good as Hearts and we had the best chance of the game as well. Yes, we were hanging on a bit at the end. But a lot of questions were asked of us today and I think we answered most of them.

"All we were lacking was a wee bit of belief."

The belief was lacking in Hearts as well - both on the park AND in the stands.

Fans booed gaffer Valdas Ivanauskas for taking off Julian Brellier after an hour.

Ivanauskas said: "If we'd scored first it might have been different but I can understand the fans' frustration.

"Brellier did well but was not going to last 90 minutes."