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Euan Robertson

Craig Gordon insists 'underdogs' Hearts can lift Scottish Cup as he reflects on 'big' Ryan Porteous save

Craig Gordon is adamant that Hearts can win the Scottish Cup.

The Tynecastle side will face Rangers in the final on Saturday, May 21 at Hampden Park.

Hearts secured their place in the showpiece game with a 2-1 win over Edinburgh rivals Hibs.

Gordon admits that the Jambos will be 'underdogs' but he's backed his teammates to rise to the challenge.

"Underdogs can win football matches," the 39-year-old said.

"We’ve seen that this week in the Champions League and you see it every week in football that an underdog wins a football match.

"We can go in and we know we have good players and we can be confident in our own ability and know we can cause teams problems on any given day."

Gordon produced an outstanding save to deny a Ryan Porteous header at Hampden to prevent Hibs from equalising.

It was a stunning fingertip stop as the ball looked destined to find the net and Gordon admits it was pivotal.

He added: "It was a big moment in the game and the season to keep them out at that particular point because they were on top.

"To keep our lead intact was hugely important at that stage because they still had 11 men at the time.

"It would have been difficult for us to get the momentum back in the game if it had been 2-2.

"I was really happy with it. I got a little bit of luck when it came back off the post and it came towards me and I managed to dive on the second ball.

"But I hopefully deserved that bit of luck for the first touch. It can always happen as a goalkeeper that you make a save and the rebound goes in."

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