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Hearts 0-1 Viktoria Plzen: What the manager said

Steven Naismith
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Hearts head coach Steven Naismith: "We lacked quality in the final third, we did well to get the crowd going at the start but never had any real quality.

"Things fizzled out far too often. The game got away from us with another cheap goal, that's the story of the season so far.

"The way Plzen managed the game, defended their box and created chances showed why they are consistently in Europe.

"We were more in hope than expectation. We're not getting the quality we want. It's definitely not clicking at the moment."

Naismith adds that he is hoping Lawrence Shankland is fit to return at the weekend.