Player ratings: Hearts v Dundee Utd

Mar 31 2008

HEARTS

Anthony Basso: Stand-in keeper had one of his quietest SPL afternoons. 6

Robbie Neilson: Did a solid defensive job and was a ferocious competitor. 7

Christophe Berra: Outstanding. Shackled de Vries brilliantly and gave a masterclass in defending and organising. 9

Marius Zaliukas: Slotted into the back four without any problems and did well. 6

Jose Goncalves: Is totally over his tantrum and turned in a decent shift. 6

Saulius Mikoliunas: Had a great header saved. Has upped his work-rate and improved his end product. 7

Eggert Jonsson: Laid on goal with superb vision and weight of pass. 7

Michael Stewart: Always involved. 7

Laryea Kingston: Superb. Took his goal well and is a gifted footballer. 8

Ruben Palazuelos: Turned in a decent display. 7

Christian Nade: Touch is poor and looks lumbering at times but nearly scored. 6

Subs:
Kestutis Ivaskevicius - replaced the tiring Kingston after 66 minutes, 4.
Lee Wallace - got the last 12 minutes, 2.

DUNDEE UNITED

Lukasz Zaluska: Might have done better at the goal but had good stops from Mikoliunas and Nade. 6

Mihael Kovacevic: Struggled with pace of Mikoliunas. 5

Garry Kenneth: Caught out as Kingston scored and sent off late on. 4

Lee Wilkie: Comfortable at the back. 7

Christian Kalvenes: Rarely seen going forward but strong defensively. 6

Willo Flood: Created great chance for Hunt and made some surging runs. 7

Mark Kerr: Passed the ball well. 7

Morgaro Gomis: Strong in the tackle and decent on the ball. 6

Craig Conway: Struggled to make any real impact. 5

Noel Hunt: Missed a sitter with fresh-air swipe and not great overall. Subbed. 5

Mark de Vries:No change out of Berra. 5

Subs:
Jon Daly - couldn't fashion an equaliser, 3.
Jim O'Brien - tried hard but didn't look likely to help snatch a point, 4.
Danny Swanson - booked for dissent then shown straight red card for poor challenge on Jonsson, 1.

Taken from the Daily Record