- The Hearts striker had a number of objects thrown at him as he stood over a penalty
- Steven Naismith criticised the ‘unacceptable’ scenes at Tynecastle Stadium
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Steven Naismith warned {that a} repeat of the missile throwing witnessed earlier than Lawrence Shankland’s penalty may spell the top of the Edinburgh derby as we all know it.
Awarded the prospect to cancel out Emiliano Marcondes’ opener from 12 yards, the Hearts captain needed to delay his strike for over a minute as objects had been thrown in his route by house supporters.
A bottle opener, lighter, a meat pie and a pair of Apple AirPods had been thrown at Shankland as he stepped as much as take the penalty. The Hearts centre ahead was seen taking a chunk out of the pie earlier than laughing on the opposition followers.
Naismith, in the meantime, believes that such shameful scenes may finally result in the variety of Hibs followers in attendance at future video games in Gorgie being diminished.
‘The way he acts for the penalty and his calmness to find the net, these are the defining moments in games,’ he stated. ‘But all the stuff getting launched on, it’s simply not acceptable.
Steven Naismith warned that missile throwing as was seen throughout Tuesday’s match between Hibernian and Hearts, may spell the top of the Edinburgh derby
Lawrence Shankland stepped as much as take a penalty on the finish of the primary half, however quite a few missiles had been thrown at him, together with a bottle opener
A meat pie was additionally thrown onto the pitch, with the centre-forward choosing it up and taking a chunk
‘If that then gets looked at, what’s going to occur is they’re simply going to cut back the quantity of followers that may go into that stand and that’s going to influence on what I believe is an effective environment and a superb derby, which has a fierce rivalry.
‘It’s simply idiots which can be going to spoil the social gathering for everyone.
‘I think it was everything that was in everyone’s pockets whether or not it’s comics, vapes or no matter. It’s simply not ok.’
Naismith was disillusioned that his facet didn’t do sufficient to win the competition and stretch their lead within the Premiership over their metropolis rivals. ‘It was slightly better than our last game (at Ibrox), but probably lacked a bit of quality for both teams,’ he stated.
‘It was end-to-end at times, both teams had chances and, ultimately, that bit of quality was the thing that was missing in the game.
‘Going behind, we showed good resilience to get back into it then dominate a bit of the game. When we had control of the ball and made the right decisions, we were a threat and created chances. It was just that final moment.’
Naismith felt the penalty referee Kevin Clancy gave for Will Fish’s foul on Kenneth Vargas was appropriate.
Some followers even threw a pair of Apple AirPods at Shankland, which appeared to bemuse the ahead
He was additionally seen holding a cigarette lighter, with Naismith claiming that ‘some idiots are going to spoil the social gathering for everyone’
‘I was quite confident when he went to the screen that we’d nonetheless get given the penalty, if I’m trustworthy,’ he added.
‘I felt Kenneth did get enough of the ball for it to be a foul but if it wasn’t given, I didn’t suppose you’d have an argument both.’
Hibs boss Nick Montgomery felt his facet ought to have left Tynecastle with a victory.
‘It’s an indication of the staff I’ve assembled, with some assist in the window,’ he stated of the show.
‘The momentum has been building in the last couple of weeks.
‘I thought we were brilliant tonight, I thought we deserved all three points.’