Laszlo praises Jambos after late heartbreak

Sep 14 2008 By Gordon Waddell

Premier League

CSABA LASZLO reckons his Jambos team have sucked all the anger from their fans, despite the heartbreak of losing in the last minute yesterday.

The Tynecastle boss piled praise on both his players and the punters for their performances in a stadium where they've only ever won once.

Michael Stewart's second-half leveller looked certain to earn the Tynescastle side at least a point - until Scott Arfield's strike at the death.

But Laszlo (right) said: "I must compliment all my players - we may have lost three points but we did not lose the crowd.

"We appreciate the fans getting behind us the way they did. They are not so angry about the team any more.

"And there were many positives. We controlled the game after the break, didn't collapse after losing an early goal and the two centre halves did well to push the game up the park to allow Stewart to play his game."

Gutted full-back Eggert Jonsson found it harder to see the plus points though.

He sighed: "They had two shots and scored two goals. It was hard to take, losing in the last minute like that.

"Falkirk are a good team who play some good football but I don't think we deserved that, especially after the way we played in the second half.

"We must not let our heads go down though."

MATCH STATS

Shots on 5

Shots off 2

Fouls 16

Offside 5

Corners 3

Bookings 3

Shots on 6

Shots off 2

Fouls 18

Offside 3

Corners 6

Bookings 1

Taken from the Sunday Mail