Steven Naismith demands sloppy Hearts up their game as self inflicted damage has Celtic in cruise control

Steven Naismith insists sloppy Hearts must improve after shooting themselves in the foot.

And the Tynecastle gaffer could understand the boos around the stadium after his side were dismissed by Celtic. Naismith’s team were facing an uphill battle after conceding the first goal in the opening moments of the match and couldn’t recover. Hearts lost for a 20th time in 22 matches against Celtic and the Gorgie boss said: “We gave up really sloppy goals. That’s the biggest thing in any game.

“That’s the last two games where the goals that we have conceded are not at the level we should be at and where we want to be at. How sloppy they were and when we conceded them were mental. It doesn’t give you a chance to get into the game when you lose a goal after three minutes. That was the theme throughout the game. All four goals were avoidable.

"When you are trying to get back into the game and you lose a goal at the wrong time, it kills the game and that’s inevitably what happened. In the game, there are split seconds where players need to make decisions and ultimately they are going to decide whether it’s a good action or bad action. Every goal we picked the wrong action.

“The first goal shouldn’t happen three minutes within the game. We got it to 3-1 and you are hoping we can build a bit of momentum and we conceded again and that just killed the game. That’s the bit that is disappointing.

“There’s maybe only one or two goals we have conceded this season that we have not played a part in ourselves. And that’s an issue. If you want to be successful you can’t continue to do that.”

Hearts were booed by their own fans and Naismith said: “Whenever you drop points at home, there are always boos. That’s a frustration that comes and