Hearts’ Lawrence Shankland scores penalty, catches pie and takes a bite | Hearts

Hearts’ Lawrence Shankland made Hibernian followers swallow their jeers when he caught a pie hurled at him after he scored a penalty, took a bite and threw it again.

His supervisor, Steven Naismith, later condemned the “idiots” who threw a host of objects on the striker – reportedly together with a bottle opener, a lighter and a pair of Apple AirPods – as he waited to take Hearts’ equalising penalty of their 1-1 Scottish Premiership draw at dwelling to Hibs.

Hearts’ high scorer needed to maintain his nerve earlier than taking his spot-kick as simply earlier than half-time after gadgets rained down on him from the stand housing Hibernian’s followers behind the objective.

Shankland was struck by extra objects when defending a nook later within the sport, whereas Hibs’ goalscorer Emiliano Marcondes was additionally hit by an merchandise thrown from the Hearts finish.

Naismith mentioned: “I think it was everything that was in everyone’s pockets, whether it be coins, vapes or whatever. All the stuff getting launched on, it’s just not acceptable.

“If that then gets looked at, what’s going to happen is they are just going to reduce the amount of fans that can go into that stand and that’s going to impact what I think is a good atmosphere, a good derby which has a fierce rivalry. It’s just idiots that are going to spoil the party for everybody. It’s just not good enough, end of.”

Shankland’s penalty – contentiously awarded after Hearts ahead Kenneth Vargas went down whereas attempting to get away from Will Fish – simply earlier than the break cancelled out Marcondes’ Twenty seventh-minute opener.