Inside ‘ashamed’ Hearts dressing room amid calamitous Falkirk clash and what went wrong at Tynecastle

Hearts striker Claudio Braga revealed that the squad felt deeply ashamed following a calamitous 5-2 Premiership defeat at home against Falkirk. The Bairns took a commanding 4-0 lead into half-time and extended it to five by the 50th minute, ending Hearts' 18-month unbeaten home league run at Tynecastle. Braga and Sabri Guendouz netted second-half consolations, but the forward admitted the team was outfought.

Braga explained that head coach Wouter Vrancken did not even need to show video footage at the interval because the players were fully aware of their substandard display. Braga also voiced frustration over a first-half strike ruled out by referee Matthew MacDiarmid following a VAR review, calling on his teammates to regroup during the international break ahead of their next match against Dundee.