Hearts comfortably saw off Premier League Sunderland in their final pre-season fixture while honouring Craig Gordon.
Hearts made Sunderland look second best in every area of the park as they swept the English Premier League side aside 3-0 in Craig Gordon’s testimonial match.
Head coach Derek McInnes acknowledged that his side were some way ahead of their opponents in terms of their respective pre-seasons but was pleased all the same with the manner of the victory. Claudo Braga, Lawrence Shankland and Alexandros Kyziridis scored the goals as the Jambos wrapped up their final preparations before next week’s Scottish Premiership opener against Aberdeen.
Speaking after the Sunderland match, McInnes said: “ I think I’ve been so happy with the pre-season as a whole. Players have been fully committed, fully motivated.
Hearts put Sunderland to the sword in Craig Gordon testimonial match
“I think it played out really in that performance. You come through the various training and put the demand on them through the hard work.
“The week before we go to Spain, then we play a couple of friendlies, then you go into the League Cup business and everything seems to be quite straightforward. But there’s always that feeling of we’ve not really played a team of a similar level or better than us.
“It was almost a perfect day for Craig and the family. But for us at Hearts in the dressing room, the whole thing culminated in a really strong performance against a team who have spent over £100 million in terms of transfers to be ready. They’re a team that used to win and they’ve come up from the Championship for a reason because they’re literally good players.
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