Hearts hold on to see off St Johnstone

Weary Hearts held firm at the end of a gruelling week to close out an unconvincing 2-1 home win over St Johnstone and climb to second in the William Hill Premiership table.The Jambos – buoyed by their midweek Conference League play-off triumph away to Rapid Vienna – were good value for their two-goal lead after James Wilson’s early strike was followed by a second that went down as an own goal from Saints debutant Enes Alic.But the hosts faded after the break and they were left clinging on in the closing stages after Ruari Paton pulled one back for the visitors early in the second half.Hearts boss Wouter Vrancken made four changes to the side that started in Austria on Wednesday, with Christian Borchgrevink, Tomas Magnusson, Laurent Mendy and Sabah Kerjota coming in. American forward JJ Wil