Frankie Kent makes Hearts point loud and clear as he urges silent assassins to turn up the volume on Aberdeen

The stands were silent but Frankie Kent insists Hearts made their point loud and clear in Thursday’s Euro win over Dinamo Minsk.

Now the Jambos stopper has urged his team-mates to turn up the volume on Aberdeen as they chase a first Premiership victory of the season at Pittodrie this afternoon. Kent was a picture of emotion at the final whistle of the 2-1 Conference League win over Belarusian champs Dinamo in neutral Azerbaijan.

Joy and relief poured out the big Englishman as he celebrated the club’s first win of the season at the 11th attempt and his first ever Euro group game victory. But while supporters were locked out of the Sumgayit City Stadium due to UEFA sanctions against Belarus, Kent insists the Jambos were never going to suffer in silence. Not when they have so many players ready to fight for the jersey – and at times on Thursday night it even seemed with each other as the passion echoed through the empty stands.

Kent traded verbals with skipper Lawrence Shankland in the first half before Hearts fought back from losing the opening goal for the 10th game on the spin. And the 28-year-old reckons those moments only prove the desire in the side to turn the tide on a brutal start to the new campaign.

Asked what it was like playing with no fans, he said: “In some ways it’s easier. You could probably hear us – we were getting on to each other, demanding a lot out of each other like we always do in this group.

“We’re not scared to do it, we’re not scared to upset each other. That probably helped in terms of keeping us fired up.

“We know what we needed to do and that was to try our hardest to win the game. This feels good, really good. Obviously the start of the season has been testing, it’s been hard. I think the