Hearts head coach Derek McInnes has been speaking to the media as his side prepare for Sunday's visit to Rangers.
Here are the key lines:
- On the derby victory over Hibs in midweek, McInnes says "having the late winner was just brilliant, it was such an emotional moment" but admits he'd "rather have been a bit more comfortable in the game".
- Winning earlier in the season at Ibrox is "a good reference" for the team and "going there having won previously shows what could be done" but McInnes admits as manager he has to be "a bit of a salesman and try to convince people you can win games".
- McInnes knows the "significance of the fixture" but says: "Win, lose, or draw it doesn't decide anything... nothing will be decided on Sunday but we will be looking to win the game."
- The head coach reveals their target at the start of the season was to pick up 18 league wins "as quickly as possible" and they're still one short of that total. Now they're focused on being at the top of the table "as long as we can".
- McInnes feels Hearts are now beginning to "annoy a few people" with their league position and knows "some people would have thought we'd have fallen away" by this point in the season.
- He adds: "I'm absolutely fine when people think we can't maintain it and I understand that." McInnes feels his side are "finding ways to win" with key players out but knows the "biggest challenge is still to come".
- McInnes admits his side are "overachieving in terms of what was expected of us" at the start of the season, adding "it's just nice for us to be in among it".
- Trying to turn the Ibrox crowd is not part of his gameplan and Hearts will have to "do a lot of things right" if they are to win on Sunday.
- Team news: Craig Halkett returns to the squad after suspension but Stephen Kingsley has suffered a setback in his recovery from a calf injury so will be out for five weeks.
- Cammy Devlin could be fit for the Aberdeen game at the end of the month but McInnes admits it's "more likely he'll back for Kilmarnock" in mid-March. The "plan" for Lawrence Shankland is a return in "the last week of March".