Hearts ready for 'five cup finals' in Premiership split - Shankland

Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland is expecting a "brilliant" end to the Scottish Premiership season as his side head into the split top of the league.

Derek McInnes' side had to come from behind at Tynecastle when Motherwell took the lead early in the second half but ultimately ran out 3-1 winners, helped my Shankland's penalty goal.

Hearts remain top of the table, three points above Celtic and one clear of Rangers, who beat Falkirk 6-3 on Sunday afternoon.

"They're a good side and they cause you problems," Shankland said of Motherwell.

"We dealt with a lot of it pretty well, but when they have that much of the ball, they are going to have moments where they threaten a goal.

"When they went 1-0 up it was just about character. You need to get yourself back in it. Obviously, it helps when you get the equaliser, that kind of brings a bit of belief about the place.

"From there on, it's just about trying to get a winner. I didn't feel overly confident, but I could kind of feel that we were getting a wee bit of momentum, and started to have a bit of pressure around the box, and obviously that's what leads to the penalty.

"It's five cup finals, really. We know if we're going to win them all then there's no doubt we will be [champions] but I imagine there's going to be plenty of twists and turns, and everybody needs to play each other.

"It'll make for a brilliant end to the season for Scottish football in general, but we'll just look to go and win as many games as we can, and if we do that we could be in a really good place."