Abiola Dauda was pleased to put the difficult times he experienced in Holland behind him to score on his league debut for Heart of Midlothian in their 3-0 rout of Ross County on Wednesday night.

The Vitesse loanee endeared himself to the Hearts faithful, weighing in with two goals after coming on in the 61st minute.

“The feeling was great too score yesterday and I am very happy with the team performance as well,” Abiola Dauda said to allnigeriasoccer.com.

“For me personally I am so delighted after hard times in Holland but now I am for this opportunity to play again.

Hearts were one-goal up when Dauda was introduced and he has admitted that he received advice from manager Robbie Neilson before he stepped out onto the Global Energy Stadium turf.

“The coach did not really tell me anything than go in, enjoy your football and you are  better than them.

“Every player always want to have a coach who believes in him and I have that with Robbie here, ” the Hearts number 25 concluded.

The win against Ross County sees Hearts cut Celtic’s lead at the top to 11 points .