18-02-2025
Steinwender 'can't wait to move forward' at Hearts after home debut goal
Michael Steinwender is still settling into life in Gorgie, but, the defender is already sure Hearts will "stick together" after their first defeat in nine 24-year-old signed from Swedish side IFK Varnamo on a three-and-a-half-year deal last month and made his home debut in Sunday's loss to scored a header from a James Penrice corner to cancel out a first half own goal by team-mate Jamie McCart, but Vaclav Cerny restored Rangers' lead before McCart, almost unbelievably, scored a second own goal to give Philippe Clement's side a 3-1 it was it first taste of defeat in maroon, the Austrian is enjoying life at Hearts."It's brilliant, everybody sticks together, everybody's been helping me since I came here, the people, the team, everybody's nice, everybody's helping each other," he said."I think you could see in some parts that we can really play good football and we also create a lot of chances."I'm so happy to be here and cannot wait to move forward - I'm feeling good. "Of course, when you don't play a competitive game for two months, it's a long time, but I'm getting there, and I will do everything to get there as fast as possible."Steinwender was delighted to score in front of his visiting parents but disappointed with the defeat in a game where Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland had a superb afternoon and the home side missed several his goal he said: "Of course it's a nice feeling. My dad had his birthday on Saturday, so that was his birthday present."It felt good for me and for my family, but I'm still not happy with the result and the team, of course, were not happy after this game."There is a lot of work to do and we will analyse the game and we will look it through and then we will improve."
