Aaron McEneff grabbed a target and an help to ship Hearts into the Scottish Cup semi-finals with a 4-2 win in opposition to St Mirren.
McEneff put the hosts again in entrance inside seconds of coming off the bench after St Mirren battled again from two objectives down. He then despatched up Ellis Simms for the fourth.
Hearts stormed to a two-goal lead via Beni Baningime and Peter Haring sooner than Eamonn Brophy halved Saints’ deficit sooner than the destroy.
Saints ahead Connor Ronan then scored a marvel target from distance sooner than Hearts completed strongly to guide a go back to Hampden.
Hearts’ Ellis Simms celebrates making it 4-2
Hearts have been with out six first-team gamers after 5 – together with John Souttar – have been pressured off injured in remaining weekend’s draw with Dundee United.
There used to be extra worry throughout the opening mins of this recreation after defender Craig Halkett wanted his head to be bandaged up following a head knock with Brophy.
Each goalkeepers have been referred to as into motion early on, with Scotland primary Craig Gordon saving from Brophy sooner than Jak Alnwick repelled a stinging Barrie McKay power.
Hearts then opened the scoring within the sixteenth minute via Baningime. Simms tussled with goalkeeper Alnwick within the six-yard field from McKay’s go and the ball fell kindly for Baningime, who toe-poked house from shut vary.
The second one arrived at the 30 minutes mark following a sweeping transfer that culminated in Haring discovering the online.
Liam Boyce sprayed the ball broad to Ben Woodburn and the on-loan Liverpool ahead’s first-time go used to be swept in via Haring from 10 yards.
St Mirren pulled one again six mins later when Richard Tait’s go used to be brilliantly volleyed into the highest nook via Brophy from throughout the six-yard field.
There used to be no drop within the stage of leisure after the destroy. Saints keeper Alnwick used to be referred to as directly to stay out Nathaniel Atkinson and Woodburn efforts sooner than Gordon driven away a Greg Kiltie header.
Saints then levelled within the 62nd minute with a marvel striker from Ronan.
St Mirren’s Connor Ronan celebrates with teammates after making it 2-2
The Irishman picked up Boyce’s deficient clearance from a nook and arrowed an unstoppable power into the highest nook from 30 yards. Hearts keeper Gordon didn’t even transfer for the ball.
Saints had their tails up however it used to be Hearts who struck subsequent within the 67th minute.
Atkinson were given previous Jordan Jones at the byline and after his low go used to be minimize out on the entrance put up McEneff, inside seconds of approaching, lashed a reactionary shot into the online from shut vary.
Hearts stored up the drive and Simms added a fourth to in any case douse St Mirren’s hopes within the eighty fifth minute with a neat end on the entrance put up from McEneff’s go.
