Neil McCann labelled Craig Gordon as the 'Scottish Buffon' as he heaped huge praise on the Hearts No1.
The Scotland international produced three big saves as Robbie Neilson's men got off and running in the Europa Conference League with a fine away win at group bottom seeds RFS. A Lawrence Shankland penalty and an added-time goal from Alan Forrest secured all three points for the visitors as they brought their poor run of form to an end and moved into second in the group.
The travelling Hearts support went wild as they celebrated an away day success in Latvia but they had veteran skipper Gordon to thank for his first half showing. He denied the hosts with a stunning reaction save just two minutes into the game as he turned an effort onto the woodwork before he superbly denied RFS on two occasions just before the break with the score at 1-0.
