Hearts manager Robbie Neilson hailed his players for coming through a rocky period in Switzerland and setting up a chance to reach the Europa League.
Lawrence Shankland gave Hearts the lead from the penalty spot midway through the first half of their Europa League play-off first leg against Zurich but the hosts were ahead inside 12 minutes.
Hearts survived some scares to take a 2-1 deficit back to Edinburgh and Neilson believes their fans can roar them to victory at Tynecastle next week. “I thought the players were outstanding,” he told Hearts TV. “We started the game well and got the goal, and then lost two goals in quick succession which rocked us a wee bit.
But I thought the players responded really well. “To come here against the Swiss champions, with a lot of international players, a very, very good team, and we held our own, created chances.