Hearts 1-2 Aberdeen: What the manager said

Neil Critchley gave a confident "yes" when asked if he will be given the time to steer his Hearts side to the "positive future" he envisages despite their Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Aberdeen."It really hurts," the head coach told BBC Scotland. "Gutted for the players, gutted for the supporters. "I thought we were brilliant in the game. We were the better team in the first half and then to defend as well as we did for as long as we did with 10 men, I thought we showed real grit and charact