Ross County left heartbroken as they are back bottom of Premiership after defeat to Hearts in Dingwall
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Scottish Premiership
Ross County 1
Hearts 2
Scorers - County: White (11) Hearts: Shankland (15) Halliday (20)
Ross County have fallen to the bottom of the Premiership after they threw away the lead to concede defeat against Hearts.
Andy Halliday scored the winner in a frantic first half to add to Lawrence Shankland's equaliser after Jordan White had given Ross County the lead.
It was Hearts's first victory in the Premiership since beating Motherwell on September 18 and moved to sixth in the league.
The Staggies are now at the foot of the Premiership on goal difference with them only scoring seven goals so far this season.
Ross County made one change to the team that lost at Kilmarnock the previous weekend as Yan Dhanda replaced the injured Ross Callachan.
Hearts brought in Connor Smith and Robert Snodgrass for Stephen Kingsley and Jorge Grant after their win over Riga Fotbola Skola in the Europa Conference on Thursday night.
The Staggies started off confidently and thought they had taken the lead after five minutes when Jordy Hiwula found the net from close range.
But the linesman's ruled he was offside and the first official VAR check in Dingwall agreed with the official's decision.
But the Staggies took the lead in the 11th minute when Dhanda's cross from the right wing caught the Hearts defence unaware.
White then pounced from close range to fire into the net to put Ross County in front.
But the lead lasted only four minutes after Shankland was allowed to charge towards the edge of the box, but saw his first shot blocked by Staggies' goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw.
But the ball came rolling back to the striker who fired home the rebound to equalise.
Hearts then took the lead five minutes later when Robert Snodgrass' corner found Andy Halliday, who beat County's defence to nod a terrific header from 12 yards out into the top left corner.
Ross County threatened to equalise before half time with Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon forced to pull off a good save from White and Jordan Tillson nodding a header which wide of the left post.
The Staggies continued their search for a leveller in the second half with Callum Johnson beating the Hearts' defence on the edge of the six yard box, but he nodded Jack Baldwin's cross from the left wing over the bar.
But Hearts were rarely threatened in the final half hour as they comfortably held on for all three points.
Ross County: Laidlaw, Cancola (Loturi 56), Baldwin, Iacovitti, Owura (Watson 83), Dhanda, Johson, Harmon (Sims 83), Hiwula (Olaigbe 76), Tillson (Samuel 83), White.
Substitutes (Unused): Eastwood, Samuel, Akio, Munro, Smith.
Hearts: Gordon, Smith, Kiomourtzoglou, Shankland, Halliday (Forrest 60), Mckay (Henderson 75), Cochrane, Sibbick, Smith (Neilson), Ginnelly (Grant 60), Snodgrass.
Substitutes (Unused): Stewart, Clark, Henderson, Darge, Denholm, Pollock.
Referee: David Dickinson
Attendance 4438.
