Hibs conceded yet another late goal to throw away another lead and this time miss the chance for Edinburgh bragging rights.
David Gray’s side led the derby heading into the closing stages after Mykola Kuharevich came off the bench to put them in front.
The Hibees missed other chances to find the net, particularly through Dwight Gayle before he was subbed off for Kuharevich, and conceded another poor goal in the final minutes as James Wilson pounced for Hearts.
It comes a week after conceding TWICE in stoppage time to lose from a winning position against Dundee United and they remain bottom of the Premiership.
Hibs players frustrate manager David Gray
Hibees boss David Gray admits he feels like he is repeating himself after every game at the minute when addressing the problems at both ends of the pitch.
It’s another game in which they’ve passed up clear opportunities to score and them lost concentration to allow their opponents in at the other end.
Gray was scathing about the late capitulation at Tannadice and again today has accused two Hibs players of not doing their jobs for 17-year-old James Wilson’s equaliser – first as Alan Forrest met a long throw and then to lose the striker at the back post.
He insists but for that they would be sitting with a derby win.
Asked if it was tough to take given the lead they held, he said: “100 per cent. Very much so. It feels like two points dropped again. I think if you look at the game, I thought we deserved to win the game on chances created.
“Hearts had a lot of possession in areas we were happy to let them have it. Unfortunately today it’s a similar story which is we’re creating four or five clear cut chances. We need to take these chances when we’re on top.
“And then that one moment when we’re defending a long throw at the very end. Unfortunately there is two people not doing their jobs properly.
“It’s a long throw coming into the box. Forrest just runs into the box unopposed, he should be marked. He gets the first contact. It probably makes it tougher to take because, with the greatest respect, it’s not a 6ft2in centre-back coming up to the head the ball.
“First contact, second contact then losing somebody at the back post. That’s not something we work on, we work on everybody doing their jobs. It’s not as if they don’t get that information. In that moment again, we’ve let ourselves down.”
Hibs missed chances
Dwight Gayle missed THREE clear cut opportunities to score. First allowing James Penrice to clear when the goal had been at his mercy and then twice heading efforts too close to Craig Gordon when free to pick his spot.
Sniffing out goals is what the Englishman was brought to the club for and he will be frustrated at his failure to do so today.
Asked if being able to create those opportunities does show the capabilities within the squad, Gray added: “100 per cent, I’ve been saying that now for a few weeks. The chances we actually created are clear cut chances. I know Craig Gordon is a top goalkeeper and puts himself in the right position nine times of out 10, of course he does. But he shouldn’t have the opportunity to save them, to be honest.
“Listen there is nobody more frustrated than the lads that are missing the chances. I would be a lot more concerned if we weren’t creating them. So that’s the positives we need to take from that.
“And when you don’t score, create so many chances and don’t take them, you need to be more resolute. For 99 per cent of the game we were excellent, boys put their bodies on the line and we restricted Hearts to very few chances.”