The verbal sparring between the two managers in the days leading up to this bout certainly injected proceedings with a fair old dose of needle.
Paulo Sergio, the cheesed off Hearts manager, had labelled his Kilmarnock counterpart Kenny Shiels 'a clown' in response to the Northern Irishman suggesting that if the Portuguese had 'principles' he should resign after being forced by Tyncastle owner Vladimir Romanov to drop first-choice keeper Marian Kello.
