“It is impossible to describe the intoxicating title fight because hearts refuse to obey.”

The gap between them and Celtic remains at six, but only four against Rangers, the sharks circling the waters at the top, who have had their teeth repaired under Danny Ruhl.

The Rangers have come from chaos, humiliation, and anger and moved into serious conflict.

It seems completely inappropriate that a club of Rangers’ size, which has spent its life under a giant microscope, would quietly move into the competition, but that is the reality.

It seems like only five minutes have passed since the booing at Ibrox could be heard across the country, with laughter the dominant noise. Now, relatively speaking, we hear the purr from that club.

This league is one of the greatest leagues of our time. Impossible to connect but so easy to enjoy.

Celtic fans will feel they are still level with Rangers on points, and that would have been the case had it not been for that red card, a rarity for them in domestic football.

They will be angry at the decision to send off Trusty for denying him a clear goal-scoring opportunity when they were 2-1 up. Was it that clear? Martin O’Neill thinks not. I think Derek McInnes yes. Funny, that.

It changed things though. Trusty was only gone for 10 minutes when Braga had the chance to equalise. Point blank and a target for the whole world. Kasper Schmeichel denied this. There were only six minutes left, but in reality, there were another eight minutes to go. The temptation was to cheer up when the plate went up.

The equalizer sent Tynecastle into an advanced state of delirium. Just as the first time around, the source of Celtic’s problems was their perceived inability to deal with deliveries inside their box.

Alongside their concern about the red card, some honesty about their defense must form part of their analysis. When Oisin McEntee headed the ball at the back post, Braga slotted the ball home and sent Celtic back on the road in pain.

This league has a way of running. Any one of the top three could win it and any one of Falkirk and Motherwell could have a say in who does, because, on their day, they are capable of taking points from teams above them.

This is what makes this season so intoxicating; A lot of risks, a lot of unpredictability and a lot of bands that came to the party.

Celtic thought they had Hearts on Sunday. If they focus only on the red card, they are missing the point – it should be clear to everyone that the Jumbo are not nervous.