Hearts prevail on Scottish Premiership return

Hearts celebrated their return to the Scottish Premiership by coming out on the right side of a 4-3 scoreline against St Johnstone yesterday.

Sam Nicholson scored the decisive goal at Tynecastle after the visitors dragged themselves level from trailing 3-1. New signing Juanma Delgado got off to the perfect start by netting four minutes into his league debut before Jamie Walker doubled the hosts’ lead after the break. Simon Lappin pulled one back but Hearts restored their two-goal cushion through Callum Paterson.

Saints refused to give in and scored twice in three minutes through John Sutton and Irish striker Graham Cummins, but Nicholson grabbed the winner in the 80th minute.