Thirteen proved lucky for Aberdeen as they survived a Hearts storm to keep pace with Celtic at the top of the table. It looked for all the world that Jimmy Thelin’s were going to drop their first points of the season.
But Liam Fox's visitors let them off the hook big time with some woeful finishing before Jorge Grant's red card sparked the Reds into life and they sneaked a late victory after finally putting the Jambos under some pressure towards the end.
If Hearts had in fact turned a corner in Azerbaijan, they'd retreated back round it after just two minutes at Pittodrie Stephen Kingsley was dispossessed in a dangerous area, and that allowed Topi Keskinen to shoot from an angle, the ball cannoning off Kye Rowles and leaving Craig Gordon helpless.
The Dons almost undid their early good fortune when Lawrence Shankland was presented with the ball in their box, dead centre of goal.