Wouter Vrancken predicted that there is extra to come back from his Hearts aspect as they received their fourth straight league sport.
Sabah Kerjota’s 96th-minute strike – his first objective for the membership – helped Vrancken’s aspect transfer as much as second within the Premiership, simply three factors behind leaders Celtic.
Behind on the break, Hearts levelled via Claudio Braga’s penalty with six minutes remaining then despatched Tynecastle wild by pinching a dramatic victory on the loss of life.
And whereas Vrancken wasn’t happy with the best way his group began the match on the again of successful at Easter Highway on Thursday, he feels they have not come near but reaching the ceiling of their potential.
‘I believe for certain we are able to make some steps and the primary half wasn’t adequate,’ he said.
‘However there are at all times excuses, the fatigue and all these issues and the restoration.
Sabah Kerjota races off to have a good time after scoring his stoppage-time winner at Tynecastle
Hearts boss Wouter Vrancken seeks out Kerjota after his group’s 2-1 victory over Dundee
Hearts ahead Claudio Braga wheels away after scoring an equaliser from the penalty spot
‘We wish to play a variety of huge video games as a result of in any other case you do not wish to qualify for Europe.
‘We made it tough for ourselves. We did not have to provide this objective away.
‘However once more, it is also good to see after a setback like this that they do not panic and that they’ve the resilience and the standard additionally to show these issues round.
‘You need to have it once you wish to attempt to battle for the highest spots there within the league. You want to come via these moments.’
Vrancken was delighted that his gamers refused to lose the momentum which the midweek win in Leith had given them.
‘I believe additionally the message earlier than the sport was additionally like once you play such a derby and also you win such a derby and also you lose then this weekend, you deliver the main target once more on the detrimental. You lose the emotion of the derby a bit,’ he mentioned.
‘I used to be actually pleased to see that we stayed within the sport and we saved pushing to get what we deserved and on the finish they did it.’
Vrancken admits that he is struggling to give you options to his rising harm issues in midfield.
Already with out Tom Renaud and Eduardo Ageu, Hearts must do with out Blair Spittal for a number of months after he left Easter Highway on crutches on Thursday after sustaining a shin harm.
‘We did not have any additional choices, I believe, now,’ mentioned the Belgian.
‘We may push Osh (Oisin McEntee) ahead, for instance, that was additionally a chance. However at half-time, he felt one thing after which we needed to take him off. This feature was additionally gone within the second half.
‘I believe we’re actually skinny there, from my perspective. The opposite factor is, a man like Ageu, after all you wish to have him as quickly as doable, however we can not skip steps, we can not rush it with him.
‘However yeah, okay, now we have to resolve it. Different guys should step up.’
On a day when he misplaced Joe Westley, Ryan Finnigan and Finlay Robertson to harm and Zan Besir to a late purple card, Dundee boss Steven Pressley took some comfort from the battle his gamers put up.
Westley has a suspected fractured cheekbone, Finnigan has harm his ankle and Robertson has sustained an harm to the surface of his knee.
‘We’re dissatisfied as a result of we got here so shut,’ mentioned Pressley.
‘It was very laborious to take and it was a very tough sport to handle with so many enforced adjustments.
‘We had additionally gamers that have been making an attempt to mattress in, gamers which have are available in which might be missing sport time and physicality simply now.
‘There have been so many issues to do. It was a very, actually tough sport to handle.
‘Once I take into account all of the issues and challenges that I had, the gamers have been confronted with them on the pitch, their perspective and efficiency was unbelievable.
‘Not by way of controlling the sport or having durations of possession.
‘We all know we have to enhance on that, however we had nice will and the will and the dedication to attempt to get a end result.’
