Hearts need to make the most of good performances – Cammy Devlin

Cammy Devlin says Hearts need to take more points from “positive” performances after a frustrating defeat at Ibrox.

The Edinburgh side sit second bottom of the Scottish Premiership table with nine points from their opening 13 games.

Thanks to Cyriel Dessers’ early goal on Sunday, Rangers squeezed past Hearts, who had chances in each half through Kenneth Vargas for a deserved equaliser.

After opening his tenure with wins of St Mirren and Omonia, Neil Critchley has picked up just one victory in the following five games.

“I feel like it’s the story of the season in a lot of ways,” midfielder Devlin said.

“Where you come off thinking we played really well, but just don’t get a result.

“It’s just frustrating when you play the way we do, and don’t get a goal.

“I hope watching it is encouraging, because the message [Critchley’s] given us is to play and be brave, because he obviously thinks that there’s quality within the squad to do that.

“And I feel that since he’s come in, even in some of the games we’ve won, the games we’ve drawn, the games we’ve lost, that the actual performances have been positive.

“We walk away from Ibrox without a point. At minimum it needs to be a point because of how we played.

“We’re sitting not where we should be on the table. So I think every time we step out on the training pitches, there’s got to be a purpose to improve and to get better as an individual, as a team.”