Hearts 2-0 Omonoia

Mark Atkinson reports from Hearts’ 2-0 Conference League win over Omonoia.

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00:00Good evening from Dinecastle Park where it's finished 2-2, Ammonia 0 in the Europa Conference

00:08League, the Jambos 100% record in this tournament goes on, building on their 2-1 win over Dynamo

00:14Minsk on Matchday 1 with a very strong performance against an admittedly poor Cypriot side.

00:20This game was done inside 23 minutes, Alan Forrest opened the scoring on 17 with a fine

00:24left-footed shot into the top corner and then Blair Spittel scored just six minutes

00:29later a really nice curled effort past Fabiano in the Ammonia goal and after that Hearts

00:36were really in complete control, Ammonia did improve after the break but never really threatened

00:41the Hearts rearguard and this result continues, Neil Critchley's unblemished start as manager,

00:47he obviously had his first victory here on Saturday with a 4-0 win over St Mirren and

00:51it was an equally straightforward night I felt here for his team. Key performers, Spittel

00:56excellent in this sort of roaming playmaker role in a 4-4-2 formation where at the time

01:01it was a 4-2-4 of Hearts flooding forward well, they really do attack and press the

01:06ball high under this new head coach. Confidence building for the Jambos ahead of Sunday's

01:11Edinburgh derby against Hibs, the fans here at the end shouting bring on the Highbees

01:16and are you watching David Gray, there definitely are signs of improvement for this Hearts squad

01:21that definitely underperformed at the start of the season and what they can do now is

01:24start to think more about progression in Europe beyond Christmas, something this team, this

01:29club has not done since the 80s. They've got four more matches, two of which come here

01:36against Heidenheim and Petrocup, there's no reason why Hearts can't think about Europe

01:41beyond Christmas. They finish here at Tyne Castle, Hearts 2, Ammonia 0.