John Souttar: Rangers-bound defender's ankle injury updated by Hearts boss Robbie Neilson

Hearts manager Robbie Neilson has soothed fears about the nature of John Souttar’s injury after the defender limped off in the second-half of a bruising 2-2 draw with Dundee United.

The Rangers-bound centre-half rolled an ankle shortly after conceding the penalty which saw United take a 2-1 lead. Souttar’s centre-half partner Craig Halkett equalised with a header with nine minutes left.

There were two scorelines. Hearts certainly came off worse in the injury stakes, having had five players forced off in the 90 minutes. Another, Josh Ginnelly, limped off at the end. United, meanwhile, saw skipper Ryan Edwards helped off after sustaining a bad gash in his head after catching an elbow from Ellis Simms, who was booked.

“I’ve never been involved in something like this in my 25 years in football,” said Neilson later. “It was unbelievable. We started the game really well and then we got injury after injury after injury.

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