Ross Millen savoured a special top-flight debut with a superb winner to hammer Hearts. The Kilmarnock kid, whose father Andy played for the Rugby Park outfit in the 1990s and is back at the club as a coach, was asked to fill in for injured Scotland star Stephen O’Donnell. Millen did the job brilliantly having previously made just two Cup outings and capped his performance with a sizzling strike 16 minutes from time to move his side into third spot in the Ladbrokes Premiership. The 24-year-old’s shot after clever build-up work by Greg Taylor and Chris Burke was to hot for home No.1 Zdenek Zlamal to handle as it went straight through him in front of a jubilant away support. It was, however, horrible for Hearts. It’s now four games without a goal for the Tynecastle outfit and they are now in danger of being overtaken at the top of the table for the first time this term if Celtic obtain a positive result at Livingston on Sunday. The contest was tight. The type which always looked like being decided by a solitary effort and that was outcome. Both sides had chances to get it before Millen struck. Burke missed a glorious one-on-one chance inside a couple of minutes, while Hearts skipper Peter Haring and attacker Craig Wighton shot wide before the interval. After the restart, home defender Jimmy Dunne headed a corner over the bar and Haring had another shot saved by Killie’s on-loan keeper Daniel Bachmann, who deputised… [Read full story]
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