Dundee United manager Gordon Chisholm bemoaned his side's defensive frailties after the 3-0 loss to Hearts.
He said: "There have been one of two things happening at Tynecastle and we thought, if we could frustrate them then the crowd might go against them.
"But for us to lose a soft goal so early was really bad.
"We gave them a lift and I was really disappointed in the way we lost the goal from the free-kick because of the angle it was taken at."