John Souttar injury latest after Rangers absence as Hearts boss Robbie Neilson bemoans 'robot' referee approach

Robbie Neilson admits he has no complaints with the sorry scoreline at Ibrox after admitting Hearts gave way in Govan.

The third-placed Jambos were hoping to heap more angst on the champions after their painful Parkhead pasting in midweek,

Instead, it was the Gorgie men who trudged down the tunnel at time up having been blown away by Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s resurgent Rangers.

Hearts did have two huge openings inside the first 90 seconds of the second half while 1-0 down - but Aussie aces Nathaniel Atkinson and Cammy Devlin both failed to make them count.

Asked if the final 5-0 result was harsh, Neilson said: "To be honest with you, no. I felt... we need to do better.

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“I’m disappointed with the final outcome.

"We started the second half really well, the crowd starts to turn and we had two huge opportunities and we don't score them and as soon as they got the second goal, we kind of started to fall apart a wee bit to be honest with you.

"There was a 12 minute period when we lost three goals and that was the game dead.”

It’s a second defeat in the last four games for Neilson’s men - but both losses have come against the Old Firm.

Neilson was hoping his side could at least repeat October’s 1-1 draw