Neil Critchley expressed his frustration after seeing his Heart of Midlothian side go down 4-1 at home to Celtic but also spoke on the positives of the performance.

Hearts were impressive in the first half once more. But, once more, dropped their levels after the interval and fell to defeat.

The Hearts head coach spoke on the scoreline being harsh, the need to be more clinical, the level of performance and Musa Drammeh.

Read everything he said:

How did you see that one tonight?

I thought 4-1 was very harsh. I think if you look at the scoreline it looks like a real beating. It was anything but in my opinion. I thought we were excellent first half. I thought we were the better team. When you're on top, you need to score. The first goal was massive and we didn't take our chances and you need an element of luck but we didn't get that for the first goal. The Celtic first goal is just pure luck. We've defended it really well, we've cleared it. It landed straight at Kyoko's feet. Even then, Craigie saves it and it rebounds back to him. We're still in the game at 2-0. We had a chance to go 2-1, we didn't take it. Loads of positives. I thought our organisation was good. I thought our structure was good. I thought we pressed well. We went toe-to-toe with a very good team.

When you see those chances, Blair and Lawrence at the start of the game, are those the ones you're hoping you're not going to regret at the end?

You know in these games you might not get loads of opportunities because you know that Celtic are going to have the ball. You need to make sure you're clinical in those moments and we weren't, unfortunately. That's probably been the story of the last few games.

How big a concern is that?

I'd be more concerned if we weren't creating so many chances. I think we take that as a positive that we created so many chances against Celtic tonight. I think we gave them an awful lot of problems, as many problems as any team I've seen them play. But like you say, we have to score and we didn't. It's something for us to work on.

Do you feel the performances against Heidenheim and Celtic give you a bit of heart?

Yeah, I've just said that to the players. It's obviously easy to feel downhearted after losing 4-1, particularly at home. But it's important that we concentrate on the positives. Even though we lost and obviously you're always gutted after losing a game of football. They give me a lot of heart, a lot of reason for optimism. Our organisation, our structure, our effort, the way we went and attacked the game. We went after them and tried to put them under pressure and cause them problems. I thought we did that. The first goal is massive. We score and we're at home and things can change. Unfortunately, it just didn't go our way tonight.

Musa's not had a lot of football here but he showed what he can do?

Musa has been doing very well in training. We played a game here in the international break and he scored two goals behind closed doors here against Dundee. He's deserving of his opportunity. He came on at Rangers, he comes on today and he scores a brilliant goal. So, fair play to Musa.

What do you see as his best position?

He brings physicality and athleticism at the top end of the pitch. I know he can play down the middle or from a wide area. It's for me and him to learn where he's best suited. Sometimes Kenny [Vargas]  plays wide, sometimes Kenny plays down the middle. We're a little bit flexible in how we play at the top end of the pitch. What you do need is players of intelligence and who have an understanding how to play our system, both in and out of possession. Musa is no different and the players are still learning that.

Have you spoken to Vargas yet?

No, because Kenny got back yesterday late, so I didn't want to speak to him before the game today because I didn't think that was right.