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More of those will be more than welcome considering their title rivals are beginning to motor.<\/p>\n
Danny Rohl’s Rangers have lost just once – away to Porto in the Europa League – in 14 outings since losing at Tynecastle in December.<\/p>\n
Reigning champions Celtic, just six behind Hearts with two games in hand, have lost once in 11, albeit a bruising 4-1 Europa League loss at home to Stuttgart on Thursday, and rekindled their habit of vital late goals under interim manager Martin O’Neill.<\/p>\n
Motherwell, 10 behind with a game in hand, will surely also have a say in the destiny of the title given they have lost once in their latest 10.<\/p>\n
Hearts’ three wins in their latest seven outings are not quite as impressive, and McInnes admitted: “The first half, there was a 20-25 minute period where we looked really anxious.<\/p>\n
“Our out-of-possession stuff was good the whole game, but our in-possession stuff needed to be better.”<\/p>\n
However, the Hearts boss thought that, overall, his side coped well with John McGlynn’s dangerous Bairns.<\/p>\n
“We were far better in the second half than we were first,” he said. “We were the team that looked more likely to score a second goal in the second half.<\/p>\n
“I watch Falkirk often enough and they normally pepper teams, they normally put endless crosses in the box, they normally create so many chances.<\/p>\n
“Very rarely do they not score. But it wasn’t really like that. The second half, we were comfortable enough, we kept them away at arm’s length.<\/p>\n
“There were a lot of people tipping Falkirk to come here and win, but I thought we thoroughly deserved the win.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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