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Kilmarnock were swept aside by table-topping Hearts on Derek McInnes's return to Rugby Park with the visitors picking up the points with a commanding 3-0 victory.
Despite starting brightly, the home side found themselves behind on 19 minutes as Craig Halkett nodded home from a corner-kick before a Claudio Braga four-minute double either side of the hour mark made it game, set and match for the Jambos and kept them five points clear at the Premiership summit.
For Killie, Eddie Beach was handed his Premiership debut in goal with no.1 Max Stryjek unavailable after a medical test required further investigation.
Much of the pre-match chatter surrounded McInnes and the former Killie gaffer was predictably met with a chorus of boos as he made his way to the dugout - not