Barrie McKay outlines how Hearts can overwhelm Zurich at Tynecastle

McKay is busy preparing for tomorrow’s Premiership visit to Celtic with manager Robbie Neilson considering some changes to keep his team fresh after midweek European exertions in Switzerland.

The Europa League play-off is very much still alive and McKay feels Hearts can unsettled the Swiss champions in Edinburgh.

"When you go into each game you want to play your way. I think it's really important next week that we start really brightly, we start fast and get the intensity up right away," he told the Evening News.

"The tie is definitely still alive. We got the first goal on Thursday and probably then give away too sloppy goals, really. There is only one goal in it and we feel we can win the game next week.

"We still created chances and tried to implement our game while still being a bit cautious. I think we played some really good stuff. After we got the goal we were maybe a bit complacent in possession. Once we settled again we showed some real quality.

"We have really good forward players. We will trouble a lot of defences in the Scottish league and in Europe. We are still getting used to each other so, as the weeks go on, we will form some good partnerships."

Lawrence Shankland’s penalty-kick proved to be vital to the scoreline, although Hearts finished the 90 minutes slightly frustrated that they conceded two cheap goals so soon after taking the lead.

McKay made his European debut in St Gallen's Kybunpark and managed to find space to create some problems against a vulnerable-looking Zurich defence.

"I've never played in Europe so it's obviously a different experience against different players," he said. "I looked forward to it and I'm looking forward to next week as well.

"I've found pockets of space in games since