Craig Levein thrilled with Hearts' performance
The Tynecastle side responded well to falling behind early on and produced a display which left the manager purring with delight.
“That was brilliant,” he said. “What a game. I loved it. I wish I was playing in it. We definitely deserved to win. We missed a host of chances and could have scored a lot more. Even coming from behind and then losing the lead late on, it was real character-building stuff. There were loads of great individual performances - 11 of them. I couldn’t be happier.”
Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson admitted Hearts were excellent. “My boys gave me everything but we got beat by a very good side,” he said. “Steven Naismith is an absolute class act.”