Jorge Grant has pinpointed the key area Hearts need to improve after the hammering at Aberdeen.
The Jambos found themselves three goals down inside the opening half hour in the Premiership clash at Pittodrie as they headed into the international break on a real sour note. But Robbie Neilson's men have been working on things in training this week to rectify the issue, starting with Kilmarnock tomorrow.
Hearts are currently sitting best of the rest behind Celtic and Rangers with a four point lead over the Dons and five over capital rivals Hibs. Midfielder Grant has stressed the importance of concentrating on themselves and not what is going on behind them as they bid to secure another European adventure for next season after a Europa Conference League group stage campaign this time around.
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The Hearts players and staff have had meetings to discuss what went wrong in the Granite City and watched video of the performance back as the importance of starting quickly against Derek McInnes' side was highlighted.
Speaking to Hearts' official website, he said: "We've had meetings about what went wrong, gone over it on video as well.
“Look, we just weren’t good enough on the day. We all know that, but we’ve had the chance to work on things in training this week. Come Saturday, we’re hopeful we can put that into place. We really didn’t start well at Aberdeen so it’s important we address that quickly.
“Three points is up for grabs for them, but we’re hungry to get them as well. We’ve looked at what they do and we’re aware that we have to be alert at first and second balls. They’re very strong at set-pieces and score a lot of goals from there. We study that and then look to bring our own game.
“We have to concentrate on our point of view. We can’t worry too much about what they’re going to do, we need to focus on our game and not get dragged into anything. We need to be relaxed on the ball.
“It’s ours to lose. We’re in a position where we’re four points ahead and if we focus on ourselves and not what’s behind us – that’s important. The turnaround from where we were in the league before the winter break, we were off third by four or five points, was good, but we can’t rest on that and need to push for more.”
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