JOHN POTTER saluted two-goal hero Alfredo Agyeman after Kelty Hearts ended their away day blues by sinking Falkirk on Saturday.

The in-form striker's double inside the opening eight minutes put the New Central Park outfit, who had not claimed a point from their first five League One matches on the road, in the driving seat at the Falkirk Stadium.

Although Juan Alegria pulled one back after half-time, as John McGlynn's team ramped up the pressure, Darren Lyon's first goal for the club restored the visitors' two-goal advantage.

Rumarn Burrell did grab a second goal for the Bairns to make it a nervy final 20 minutes, but Potter's team saw the game out to record a second win over their opponents from two meetings.

Their impressive victory lifted the weight of not having won away from their own patch off the shoulders of the Kelty players, with Agyeman receiving particular praise post-match.

"He's been great," Potter told Press Sport.

"He's confident at the moment, he's a threat, and I think teams think he's a threat as well.

"He's quick, he's strong, he can finish, and he's learning all the time. We're trying to improve with him, so he was delighted.

"He was obviously disappointed not to get his hat-trick, he had another chance, but he was great today.

"It was a really tough game. They're obviously a good team, but I thought we were really good first half, especially the opening 15, 20 minutes.

"We caused them a problem, scored goals, created. They probably had a bit more of the ball after that, but never really threatened us that much I don't think.

"Second half, it was hard. We had to hang in; they were big, physical and put a lot of balls in our box. We had to try and defend it, and obviously they score from two set phases of set pieces.

"But, at the same time, we score and we have two or three one-on-ones, good chances.

"I'm delighted. I think we deserved it, being honest, and glad to get three points."

When it was put to him that it was a performance that had a bit of everything, Potter replied: "Falkirk are a good team and they put us under pressure through loads of different areas; balls in the box, good width, clever players, so it was hard.

"We weren't really the biggest team today as well, so we had to dig in, and we did that.

"First half I thought we were good. We moved the ball well, were a threat in behind them, and second half, even digging in deep, we still had two or three good chances to finish the game off. But we don't do it that way!"

Joe Cardle, who came off the bench late on to help see the win out, commented: "We knew there was going to be pressure in the last 10, 15 minutes, and I think it just showed you the character of the boys.

"Delighted. They're a great bunch of boys who are working hard. Obviously it's been a tough start to the season, we all know that, but if you look at results as of late, we're working hard for each other.

"We dug it out again today, got three points at Falkirk, and we go again next week."

Bairns boss McGlynn lamented his side's start, particularly after his team had scored twice inside the opening 10 minutes on Tuesday, en-route to a 3-0 home win over Alloa Athletic.

Kelty are the first team to win at the Falkirk Stadium this season, and McGlynn said: "We're extremely disappointed in the way we started the game.

"We've lost the game within the first 10 minutes of the game; very, very poor from our point of view.

"At home we've been starting games really well, and it seemed a bit like we just felt like we had to turn up, go out, and everything would click for us without actually making an impression in the game. That's how it looked to me looking at that.

"That's not the way it was planned, and it was the opposite of Tuesday night. We scored early on Tuesday night and put the game to bed very early.

"Today, we've been hit with two sucker-punches really. "