Both teams battled out a 2-2 draw in an entertaining Clydesdale Bank Premier League tussle at Easter Road, as the 10-man Jambos snatched a point thanks to Stephen Elliott's late leveller.

It was Hearts who had taken the lead through Ryan Stevenson but the match turned in Hibs' favour when Marius Zaliukas was sent-off and Liam Miller converted the resultant penalty before Ricardo Vaz Te netted what looked to be the winner with 10 minutes to go.

However, Elliott had the final say with a lovely volley resulting from Craig Thomson's free-kick just four minutes later to snatch a point and deny Hibs their first derby win since May 2009.

"We were certainly punished for not doing our jobs," said Calderwood.

"I'm happy enough with how we created the chances and how we played in the second half but we didn't get through the big moment.

"We didn't do our job at the big moment and that was the reason they got the excellent second goal. It was a great response by them.

"But we had just lifted the place, we had given the fans everything they had hoped for and we snatched it back from ourselves."

The result was a blow to Hibs' hopes of pushing themselves into the top six before the league split, meaning they may not have another chance to inflict defeat on their city rivals this season.

Calderwood added: "To be honest, it was all about today's game.

"I've not really reflected on that but we will obviously need to go and win a few games. It's difficult and it's becoming increasingly more difficult. We have missed an opportunity."

Hearts boss Jim Jefferies praised the efforts of his depleted side and claimed they should have had the game won early on.

He said: "We were fantastic, when you consider that Hibs were probably at their best today and we were without quite a few key players.

"The way the opening half hour went, we should have been three goals up and we were by far the better side.

"Hibs got the break because the penalty decision changed the game and they got the lift they were badly needing after being outplayed in that opening half hour."

Zaliukas was dismissed for a challenge on Akpo Sodje and Jefferies felt a question mark remained over the red card, albeit not the spot-kick.

He added: "I'm not complaining about the foul because I thought it was a penalty. It's whether it was a sending-off.

"You've got to deem whether the boy is going to get the ball. Seemingly, it bounced and Craig Thomson says he thought it was going into the goalkeeper's hands so I would need to see it again. He feels the goalkeeper was going to get there before Sodje.

"I've got no complaints about the penalty but the sending-off, well, I'd need to see it on the video again."