Hours before today's 1-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League home win over Inverness, it emerged the Jambos squad had not been paid their weekly monies.

The Gorgie club issued a statement claiming it was down to "technical reasons", with their money promised by next Tuesday.

The Hearts players looked as if they had no intention of short-changing their fans as they charged into an early lead through Saulius Mikoliunas and held out for the three points and another win bonus.

Afterwards, Berra claimed he was relaxed about the wages situation, saying: "We will definitely get them. We have been told it's a technical hitch and the money will be in next week.

"And the way I look at it, we won today so that's more money we are due with the win bonus.

"There is nothing to worry about. It's the first time that it's ever happened and hopefully it's the last.

"But we went out and put a performance in on the pitch and that's all that matters."

Jambos manager Csaba Laszlo claimed to know nothing of the problems around the Tynecastle wages, saying: "I must ask my wife, I don't know my accounts."

Reminded that it was the players that had not been paid, he replied: "I must ask the players, I don't know. I work only on football."

However, asked if he was pleased that Mikoliunas had scored winning goals at Tynecastle twice this season, he joked: "This is his job and, for this, he takes money."

Laszlo was more than pleased at the way his side soaked up the Inverness pressure even though he chose to ignore the couple of saves goalkeeper Marian Kello had to make to keep the home side's narrow advantage intact.

"If we win every game 1-0 then I'll be happy," Laszlo said.

"The most important thing was the tactics and we looked to be dangerous on the counter-attack and stay confident in defence.

"After the game at Falkirk last week, everyone was disappointed. We played good football but lost the points.

"But if someone asked me for my mark for today's game, it would be 10 out of 10.

"Do you know why? We didn't give our opponents any shots on goal.

"Inverness kept coming but we closed them down and they didn't have any shots and, for me, this is football, not winning 5-0 or 6-0.

"That was the best I've seen from my team yet."

Caley manager Craig Brewster claimed his side should have left Tynecastle with at least a point.

He said: "I thought we played well and deserved something.

"What summed it up for me was that Hearts had a corner at the end of the game and there was seven maroon jersey back in defence.

"Maybe there was a lack of concentration for their goal but, apart from that, there wasn't a lot wrong.

"It was just in that final third, we weren't getting on the end of things but I've got to be pleased with the overall performance."