Dundee could be proud of their point after coming from behind at Tynecastle against high-flying Hearts.
The Dens Park side showed great character to bounce back from a first half that could have left them more than Arnaud Djoum’s strike in arrears to level through Rory Loy in the second period.
And, with a bit more composure in the Hearts box they might even have won it.
Paul Hartley had Kevin Thomson, Julen Extabeguren and James McPake available to him, and all three started.
The two centre-backs were busy men from the word go, as Hearts pinned Dundee in their own half with wave after wave of early attacks.
On 11 minutes it took a last ditch block from Extabeguren to prevent a Billy King shot from testing Scott Bain.
The weight of pressure on Dundee made a Hearts opener almost inevitable, and it arrived on 23 minutes.
Calum Paterson delivered the sort of cross from the right that strikers dream about, and Djoum’s downward header to Bain’s left did the silver service justice.
It was nearly 2-0 five minutes later when Bain was at full stretch to tip a deflected Djoum shot over the bar.
There was a spell of injury-time pressure from Dundee, during which Greg Stewart (by now switched from the left to the right) beat his man in the box but his cut-back was behind all his team-mates in and the half ended 1-0.
Straight after the re-start the Dark Blues were awarded a free-kick in a dangerous position 30 yards out. Rather than shooting, Stewart floated a ball to the back post which was just too heavy for McPake.
From a free-kick at the other end about the same distance out Sam Nicholson did shoot, but Bain was able to tip his dipping effort over.
It was a tale of set-pieces at this stage, and just after the hour mark Stewart curled one straight into the arms of Neil Alexander.
Dundee were a growing force in this game and equalised in 68 minutes.
Hearts made a mess of their offside trap and Loy cut in from the left hand side of the box and guided a right foot shot into the far corner.
By the end of this game both McPake and Extabeguren had been substituted but the re-shaped defence stood firm and secured a valuable draw.