Hearts have crashed to another 3-0 defeat as they were swept aside by Aberdeen.
Robbie Neilson's men took another bruising loss after losing to the same score line that saw them dumped out of the Scottish Cup by Celtic last week. Today they headed north up against a resurgent Aberdeen side and Barry Robson's men fired a warning that their coveted third spot is not as secure as they thought.
Three killer first half goals, two from Luis 'Duk' Lopes and one from Mattie Pollock gave the Tynecastle club a huge mountain to climb. Hearts found themselves a goal down inside the opening five minutes when Duk's volley took a wicked deflection. The home side piled on the pressure with Zander Clark had to pull off heroic stops to prevent more damage being done. Neilson was able to see the return of Lawrence Shankland but the Hearts captain and top scorer was unable to provide a threat as Hearts suffered their third defeat in a row. Here's three things we learned.
