Boyd criticises Hearts’ ‘lack of respect’ as Celtic deliver ‘wake-up call’

Motivated by their second-half proving in Thursday’s 3-1 Europa League defeat to Benfica, the supervisor began with the front 3 that completed that video game in Lisbon.

And all 3-Benjamin Nygren, Callum Osmand and Camilo Duran-scored in the 7-1 demolition of their title competitors.

Celtic were impressive sometimes however Hearts played a part in their own embarrassment.

“That first half was devastating. Hearts, I cannot for the life of me work out what they were trying to do there,” stated Kris Boyd.

“To come here and show the lack of respect to Celtic that Hearts have done today would be a wake-up call for me.

“You take a look at in 2015, Derek McInnes got criticised for it from a great deal of individuals in regards to simply grinding out outcomes. It might be an awful watch however they were still there.

“I don’t see any of that Hearts team that’s going in the Celtic team. I don’t see any of it, so what would make you think you’re better than them?”

“That there was an annihilation. I mean, I have never seen anything like it in my life.”

Hearts had only yielded 8 objectives in the Premiership this season, before delivering 7 in 90 minutes at Celtic Park.

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“I couldn’t work out if Hearts were really poor or Celtic were really good. It’s probably a combination of the two of them,” stated previous Hearts protector Ryan McGowan.

“The amount of times that Hearts gave the ball away in really dangerous areas for Celtic, and there would only be two passes and it was a goal, and they continually did it throughout the whole game.

“There is levels to football. Hearts undoubtedly last season went close and this season they wish to challenge it and be up there. You likewise have to comprehend the video game.

“They’re 5-1 down at half-time and then whatever the manager said to them went completely out of their ears because then they conceded another goal four minutes into the second half.

“It was a truly bad efficiency from Hearts, which you have not stated that frequently in the last 12 months. At the exact same time, you’ve got to provide Celtic a great deal of credit.”

Hearts ‘still big challengers’

It was all too simple for Celtic on Sunday however that did not suggest Martin O’Neill was ruling Hearts out of this season’s title race after simply 9 video games.

“It’s easy to be magnanimous after the game but they’re still big challengers,” the 74-year-old informed Sky Sports

“Everything clicked for us today. We might have had two more chances but everything that we hit went into the net.

“It was great to win today since I was worried after Thursday night, questioning how we feel, can we get ourselves together for it?

“You ask any manager or any team, any player, they would say the same thing. Once you’ve put a couple of goals in front, then confidence just is so strong.

“The group played with a great deal of self-confidence however you need to get that self-confidence in the very first location. Which’s what we did today.”

‘Sorry’ Vrancken wants quick response

While Celtic welcome Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday night, Hearts are away to Trabzonspor in the Conference League.

“When you’re not on leading level in the leading video games, then it’s actually tough to get an outcome,” Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken told Sky Sports.

“It’s excellent to evaluate it, likewise the good ideas. Understanding where we originate from and not losing the grip and self-confidence in what you’re doing. We simply need to do things much better than today.

“It was not good enough because of the individual mistakes and the two set plays which killed us at the beginning of the game.

“We made errors that we would not generally make. That’s it. I’m sorry.”