Hearts manager Derek McInnes: “We wanted a positive result. On the day, we had to do a lot right. There was loads that I liked about my team. You’ve got to think as if you’ve won the game before you’ve won and carry yourself that way and I thought we did that.
“We had something to hang on to after Claudio Braga’s goal just before half-time I thought we deserved at the moment. Oisin McEntee gets the second goal. We defended well, we adapted to Celtic throwing two strikers on and trying to put four on our last line.
“We turned to a five. We defended the box brilliantly apart from two moments, when Arne Engels hits off the bar and the goal from Kieran Tierney.
“We’re well into December now. The players shouldn’t doubt themselves, shouldn’t doubt what we are. Once we come out the second round of fixtures, you’ve got a rough idea of where you are. To beat Celtic home and away takes a lot of doing. Hopefully, we can keep winning games.”
