Jeff Stelling gives Hearts kudos to Jambos supporters as 'electric' Tynecastle wows broadcasting legend
The former Sky Sports presenter has been weighing in on the title race alongside Ally McCoist.
Jeff Stelling has piled praise on the Hearts support as a sold-out Tynecastle crowd left the legendary broadcaster wowed.
A packed out Gorgie support, aided by Colin Chisholm’s version of ‘the Hearts Song’ pre-match, roared their side on to a 2-1 win against Rangers during Monday’s bank holiday. Stephen Kingsley and Lawrence Shankland goals puts the club three points clear at the top of the league with three games to go, Celtic sitting in second ahead of the Jambos’ trip to Motherwell this Saturday, while Rangers are seven adrift with nine to play for.
It looks like a two-horse race after Celtic’s win over Hibs allowed them to keep pace with the Jambos. Stelling was watching on and described on the talkSPORT morning show of his elation watching the game, impressed by the home crowd, who created a memorable atmosphere for home players to feed off.
Jeff Stelling on Hearts 2-1 Rangers
The former Sky Sports presenter said: “Celtic beat Hibs away on Sunday. Of course, that was only a tiny part of the story. But Hearts pulled off a massive victory over Rangers by two goals to one. They were behind in the game and to be brutally honest, Rangers looked completely, completely in control to me. So, massive credit to Derek McInnes for managing to turn it around in the second half.
“The dream is about to become reality, or so it would seem. At the moment, Hearts are three games away from the title. Credit those Hearts fans, by the way. I mean, the second half, they got right behind their team. Hearts fans, not surprisingly, on cloud nine at the moment.”
Rangers icon Ally McCoist was his co-host on Tuesday morning. The former striker detects a maroon willingness from those he speaks to both sides of the border, as Hearts coping with injury blows of late has him marvelling at their staying powers.
Ally McCoist on Hearts winning the Premiership title
McCoist said: “It was a brilliant finish from Lawrence Shankland. You know what I think about Lawrence Shankland? I think he's probably the best finisher in the country by a mile. I think he's probably the best natural finisher Scotland has had probably since Kris Boyd, to tell you the truth. I think he's in a different class.
“I think one of the things, and I said to Derek, I was talking to him the other week. I said to him, what really surprised me and pleasantly surprised me, was the way you handled the loss of him and Cammy Devlin earlier on in the season.
“I'd say the one thing I've always said, that I can detect, particularly down here. I remember Leicester City winning the Premier League and literally anybody that wasn't a supporter of another team, everybody wanted Leicester to do it. I get the same feeling particularly down here about Hearts, and north of the border too. It's understandable. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. It’s some story.”
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