Derek McInnes conceded that Hearts were punished for "playing with fire" as a third red card in five matches contributed to a 1-0 defeat at St Mirren. Hearts remain six points ahead of Celtic and Rangers, with the Glasgow duo in action on Wednesday. "We've seen before in recent weeks about when we go down to 10 men, I think there's a belief there that we can go and get results and I think that showed in the performance when we went down to 10 men," said McInnes. "But we've got to own the fact that we can't keep getting away with it, you can't keep playing with fire. "It's a red card, there's no complaint about that, but we caused it, we got ourselves into a fankle.

Source: BBC February 04, 2026 04:14 UTC