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Hearts show 10-man courage again to claim point in Livingston clash - three things we learned

Hearts salvaged a 1-1 draw in their final Premiership match pre-World Cup against Livingston.

The Jambos are wrapping up before the tournament in Qatar - which Kye Rowles, Cammy Devlin and Nathaniel Atkinson will represent Australia in - after a demanding run of domestic and European football. Manager Robbie Neilson's side started on the front foot but Livi soon grew into the game and had an effort cleared off the line at the first half's end.

Andrew Shinnie then robbed Robert Snodgrass in midfield and arrowed a shot narrowly wide, before their pressure eventually came good. Stephen Kelly arrowed a fine effort into the bottom corner. It got worse for the home team as Rowles was sent off on his first start at Tynecastle since a foot injury, but Craig Gordon saved Sean Kelly's resulting penalty. That proved key as the home team rallied to see Josh Ginnelly claim a point deep into stoppage time. Here are three things we learned from the Hearts performance.

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