Rangers score late to snatch draw on McInnes' Hearts return
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13-second readRangers snatched a draw against Hearts on Derek McInnes' return to Tynecastle, according to Sky Sports. Kevin Kelsy scored a 16th-minute opener for Rangers, but Hearts turned the game around with goals from Claudio Braga and Calvin Miller. Olwethu Makhanya levelled the game with an 89th-minute header.
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Rangers snatched a draw against Hearts on Derek McInnes' return to Tynecastle, according to Sky Sports. Kevin Kelsy scored a 16th-minute opener for Rangers, but Hearts turned the game around with goals from Claudio Braga and Calvin Miller. Olwethu Makhanya levelled the game with an 89th-minute header.
Hearts' unbeaten home record remained intact as they came from behind to lead, with Braga scoring on a free-kick and Miller capitalizing on a deflected strike. Rangers' Pandur made several saves, but ultimately couldn't prevent Makhanya's equalizing header.
The match ended with Rangers remaining four points behind Celtic and four above Hearts in the standings, as reported by Sky Sports. Dujon Sterling had a late chance to win the game for Rangers but chested the ball straight to Hearts' goalkeeper Beau Reus.
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Rangers snatched a point on Derek McInnes' Tynecastle return as Hearts held onto their formidable unbeaten home record. The Gers boss was loudly booed by the home support as he emerged from the tunnel for his first match back in Gorgie since leaving for Ibrox in June, just weeks after the Edinburgh side were pipped to the Premiership title. But his team silenced a pumped-up home crowd when Kevin Kelsy scored a 16th-minute opener following a lapse from Laurent Mendy. Hearts turned the game round with goals from Claudio Braga and Calvin Miller early in the second half. But Olwethu Makhanya levelled the game with an 89th-minute header. Dujon Sterling had a brilliant chance to be Rangers' hero in the dying seconds, only to chest the ball straight to Hearts 'keeper Beau Reus.
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