Kasper Hogh gathers a pass into his feet at the edge of the box and does well to make room for a shot.

The ball zips over the top.

John McGlynn avoided the manager of the month award curse to further enhance his reputation.

The 64-year-old has perhaps paid the price for his under-stated public persona.

He admits himself, though, that he has somewhat reinvented himself since an unsuccessful short spell in charge of Hearts.

It shows that old dogs can learn new tricks and the veteran has now steered his side to five straight wins and a third place that few would have predicted for such a provincial club, especially given an indifferent start to the season.

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Camilo Duran cuts inside before having a dig.

It should be a comfortable save for Niko Mantl but his parry is not very convincing as the ball pops back into danger before it's smashed away by a defender in yellow.

Celtic full-back Colby Donovan gallops forward from a central position before curling a shot just wide with his weaker left foot.

A fourth booking for the visitors as Jamie Brandon takes out Yang Hyun-jun.

Hearts are deep in trouble.

Until now, their long unbeaten home run has masked a stuttering season that has also already included a 6-1 thrashing by Benfica and a 7-1 humiliation by Celtic.

Those were both away from home, but now they have been thrashed by a traditionally smaller club at fortress Tynecastle.

Being shorn of 11 first-team players through injury has obviously contributed to those, but the Hearts fans who streamed out of the stadium long before kick-off were obviously not accepting excuses.

Joe Hugill darts away and flashes a cross in from the right but none of his Kilmarnock mates can keep up.

Away we go again at Celtic Park.

Jota's first start in a long time comes to an end, with the fit-again Yang Hyun-jun his replacement.

Kasper Hogh was celebrating what he thought was a fourth goal against Killie this season, but his early effort was ruled out.

A flowing move all started with Mika Baur winning the ball, but, on review, the officials ruled that his challenge was worthy of a foul.

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The boos ring round Tynecastle from those fans who hadn't already deserted the hosts when they fell 5-0 behind.

A couple of replies make the scoreline more respectable, but Falkirk by then were cruising to victory.

It is amazing to think that a few seasons ago, John McGlynn was taking charge of a side in Scotland's third tier and they are now the third best side in the country.

The final whistle brings Hearts' pain to an end as Falkirk celebrate a famous and stunning victory.

The visitors secure five top-flight wins on the bounce for the first time since 1995 to leapfrog their hosts into third place in the Premiership.

Hearts, meanwhile, suffer their first home league defeat in 18 months and have now only won once in eight outings as their lengthy injury list takes its toll.

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James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC Sportsound

Kilmarnock have certainly played their part, they looked bright early.

Celtic have been dangerous from crosses and that's how they get the goal.

I think both managers will be happy with what they've seen.

We are into four minutes of stoppage time and Hearts are pressing again, but it is all too late to rescue even a point.

James Wilson and JJ Williams have come on for Hearts and the latter should score.

The striker's close-range effort takes a deflection over the crossbar.

Pierre Landry Kabore and Claudio Braga were the players to make way.

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Celtic lead at the halfway stage thanks to Liam Scales.

The centre-half is now on three goals for the season after helping in a great cross from Camilo Duran.

Kasper Hogh thought he had ended his drought as he finished off a slick move but that effort was disallowed with the officials ruling there had been an infringement in the build-up.

Kilmarnock have been lively and could have had a first-minute goal, but for a top stop from Sam Johnstone.

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Cameron Carter-Vickers is allowed to run a long way with the ball before having a blast at goal.

That one is flying straight into row ZZ.

Pierre Landry Kabore rises at the front post to meet a corner and the striker's header looks to take a deflection over the Falkirk bar.

Hearts pressing for what would surely just be another consolation with 10 minutes to go.

A header from Jota is clawed away by Niko Mantl and Kilmarnock hoof the ball away.

The visitors are looking a bit tired as half-time approaches.

There's another couple of bookings amid the arguments over that last challenge and a flurry of Falkirk substitutions.

Too much going on to list it all, so let's concentrate on the action!

Another Kilmarnock booking as Cathal McCarthy clatters into Jota to stop a Celtic counter-attack.

Mika Baur has a pop from the free-kick and the ball zooms over the top.