Hearts are out of the Champions League after a 6-0 combination defeat to Sturm Graz, with the Austrian aspect finishing a snug second-leg win at Tynecastle.
Neil Critchley’s aspect wanted to overturn a four-goal deficit from the primary leg in Graz and by no means seemed like doing so, with second-half objectives from Simon Seidl and Emran Soglo settling a tie that had lengthy since been determined.
The primary half was goalless, although Sturm Graz had the higher of the possibilities. Alexander Schwolow made sharp stops to disclaim Szymon Wlodarczyk and Jon Gorenc Stankovic, whereas Seedy Jatta had a purpose dominated out by VAR on 26 minutes.
Hearts created little of be aware, with Blair Spittal’s long-range effort the closest they got here to threatening Daniil Khudyakov. Stephen Kingsley was additionally pressured off injured earlier than half-time, including to the house aspect’s issues.
Guests make second-half breakthrough
Sturm Graz made the breakthrough on 64 minutes when Seidl tucked into the underside nook from the appropriate aspect of the field following Gorenc Stankovic’s headed knockdown.
Soglo added a second 4 minutes later, ending from shut vary after Wlodarczyk’s by means of ball break up the Hearts defence.
Critchley’s aspect pushed for a response within the last twenty minutes, with Calvin Miller forcing a save from Khudyakov and substitute Amadou Ba-Sy seeing a shot blocked late on, however they may not discover a purpose that will have made little distinction to the end result.
After exiting the Champions League, they may now drop into the third spherical of Europa League qualifying.
