Hearts fans drunk on drama as intoxicating title race takes twist

Much more of this and there's going to be a run on heart-rate monitors among the maroon-clad folk from Edinburgh. Every Hearts game is a pulse-quickening drama now. Every tackle, every header, every kick a palpitation-inducing moment.

And every contentious call an invitation to erupt. And erupt Hearts did in this frantic contest at Motherwell. When Alexandros Kyziridis went down in an incident with Tawanda Maswanhise in the 68th minute, it looked like Hearts were getting an opportunity to make it 2-1 from the spot.

Referee Steven McLean said no. VAR Greg Aitken said 'hold your horses'. Aitken got McLean over to the screen, but McLean was unmoved.

"He [Kyziridis] was impeded," Hearts manager Derek McInnes said later. "It's such a poor decision. I don't understand why that's not a penalty.