Character praised

WRIGHT’S DELIGHT: Continued from page 48 “The players have shown their character again and it is a great three points for us,” said Wright.

“We had six missing tonight but listen it is 11 v 11 and we don’t bemoan injuries.

“I had every confidence in the team we had out there. But it was a great result and performance. We recover now and get ready to go again.”

Wright added: “We haven’t done anything tonight except get three points and opened up a gap. Hearts will still feel they can catch us and that’s rightly so because it is only five points.”

Wright also revealed that a resolution to the situation regarding Danny Swanson and Richard Foster, who were sent off for fighting each other in the game against Hamilton on Saturday, is imminent.

He added: “I would say the club will make a statement in the next 24 hours.

“Everything has to be done properly but we will move on from it.”

Hearts boss Ian Cathro insisted that while Nicholson may have spat there was nothing malicious in his actions.

He said: “The accusation that has been made is that he has spat in the direction of the assistant referee.

“My understanding from Sam and players around the situation is that there is no way to read that as an aggressive thing. We need to look at it and deal with it properly.”