Rangers blink but twists still to come in colossal title race

Will doubters believe in Hearts' title chances now? This month alone Celtic dug out a win in the 82nd minute at Dundee, Rangers came from 2-0 down at Falkirk to win 6-3 and Hearts were drawing with Motherwell with three minutes of normal time left to play - and won 3-1. They were level with nine-man Hibs with four minutes to go at Easter Road on Sunday.

It was a towering spectacle in the sun. Hibs - hanging on brilliantly against the odds, heading everything clear, throwing bodies in the way of shots, blowing a gasket to protect their point in front of an electrified home and away crowd. Hearts were focused, relentless and eventually victorious; flawed but lacking nothing in guts and will to win.

The post-match stats were monstrously skewed by their two-man advantage but Hearts had 23 shots on goal (their highest all season) to Hibs' four, they had 57 touches in Hibs' penalty area with Hibs having just three in Hearts' penalty area. The visitors had 75. 7% possession, 413 accurate passes to Hibs' 76, 47 crosses to Hibs' two and 11 corners to Hibs' zero.

And yet it was only settled in the last minutes. Sporting theatre. Body and soul football.