Richie Foran feels no frustration after Inverness share six goals with Hearts
Richie Foran heaped praise on his Caley Thistle players after they shared the spoils in a six-goal Premiership thriller with Hearts.
Richie Foran heaped praise on his Caley Thistle players after they shared the spoils in a six-goal Premiership thriller with Hearts.
Inverness manager Foran lauded the "outstanding" play of his side going forward and refused to criticise the players for any of the goals conceded.
David Raven and Lonsana Doumbouya put the Caley Jags two goals in front but they were pegged back by strikes from Bjorn Johnsen and a cross-shot from Faycal Rherras.
Aaron Doran's first goal in more than a year put the hosts ahead again in the second half but Arnaud Djoum ensured the Jambos would leave with a point.
Foran said he there was no sense of frustration, insisting he thought his team played better than the 3-0 win over Motherwell in midweek.
"I told them I was delighted. We got their heads up. They played the ball on the deck and have their out ball in Big Lons (Doumbouya), so the balance was good. Some of the play for our goals was excellent," he said.
"The first goal was outstanding. Iain Vigurs' ball for Aaron's goal was great and he's outmuscled the defender to score. It's probably a day where I wish I would have enjoyed being a neutral.
"Our mistakes have cost us goals. That's football and I'm not going to hammer the boys. Keep listening and trying to improve and we'll have a really good season.
"I'm not frustrated, I'm feeling really good with how we played. I never thought we would lose. I had that feeling that we were going to win comfortably.
"Josh has slipped for the first goal, but what can you do? He was brave and kept wanting the ball."
Hearts boss Robbie Neilson had a mixed reaction to the result, praising his side for scoring three goals but also ruing the fact they could not come away with a victory.
It was the first point Hearts have taken in the Highlands for more than three years, which sees them climb to third spot.
"There were positives and negatives to take from it for both sides, to be honest," said Neilson.
"The positive is when we went 2-0 down we played really good football to get ourselves back in the game - and possibly could have gone on and won it.
"The negative is we've come here and scored three goals and left with a point."