Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken stated that his team is "just getting started" after a dramatic comeback win at Tynecastle, securing their fourth league victory in a row. Sabah Kerjota's goal in the 96th minute propelled Vrancken's side to second place in the Premiership, now just three points behind leaders Celtic.

Hearts found themselves behind at halftime but equalized through Claudio Braga's penalty with six minutes remaining before Kerjota's late strike clinched the victory. Vrancken expressed dissatisfaction with the team's first-half performance, acknowledging fatigue and recovery as factors but insisting that the team's potential is far from being met.

"I think for sure we can make some steps and the first half wasn't good enough," Vrancken said. "But there are always excuses, the fatigue and all those things and the recovery. We made it difficult for ourselves. We didn't have to give this goal away. But again, it's also good to see after a setback like this that they don't panic and that they have the resilience and the quality also to turn those things around."

Vrancken was pleased with his players' ability to maintain momentum from their midweek victory. "I think also the message before the game was also like when you play such a derby and you win such a derby and you lose then this weekend, you bring the focus again on the negative. You lose the emotion of the derby a bit," he said. "I was really happy to see that we stayed in the game and we kept pushing to get what we deserved and at the end they did it."

Injury Concerns Mount for Hearts

Vrancken is facing growing challenges with midfield injuries. Already without Tom Renaud and Eduardo Ageu, the team will be without Blair Spittal for several months due to a shin injury sustained recently. "We didn't have any extra options, I think, now," the Belgian manager noted. "We could push Osh (Oisin McEntee) forward, for example, that was also a possibility. But at half-time, he felt something and then we had to take him off. This option was also gone in the second half. I think we're really thin there, from my perspective. The other thing is, a guy like Ageu, of course you want to have him as soon as possible, but we cannot skip steps, we cannot rush it with him. But yeah, okay, we have to solve it. Other guys have to step up."

Dundee's Difficult Afternoon

Dundee manager Steven Pressley lamented his team's misfortune, which included losing Joe Westley, Ryan Finnigan, and Finlay Robertson to injury, along with Zan Besir's late red card. Westley suffered a suspected fractured cheekbone, Finnigan an ankle injury, and Robertson an injury to his knee. "We're disappointed because we came so close," Pressley said. "It was very hard to take and it was a really difficult game to manage with so many enforced changes. We had also players that were trying to bed in, players that have come in that are lacking game time and physicality just now."

Pressley acknowledged the challenges faced by his team. "There were so many things to do. It was a really, really difficult game to manage. When I consider all the things and challenges that I had, the players were faced with them on the pitch, their attitude and performance was incredible. Not in terms of controlling the game or having periods of possession. We know we need to improve on that, but we had great will and the desire and the determination to try and get a result."