He picked a through pass from team-mate Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, outside the penalty area, raced with it, side stepped his markers on the left flank and deceived lanky goalkeeper Mike Robertson with an unusual left footed shot which sealed into the net.

Robertson thought Taylor was going to lob the ball to his teammate in the six-yard box.

Kuffour who has clinched a three year deal in the United Arab Emirate but expected to leave the country after Sunday's epic encounter with arch rival, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, opened the scores with an easy header after Taylor had rounded the Goldfields defencemen from the left flank and had raised the ball over Robertson in the 26th minute.

Disaster struck Goldfields after the goal, when enterprising Eric Boakye, was given the matching orders for elbowing Taylor in the 33rd minute in what was his second bookable offence.

Hearts took advantage of the numerical strength to bombard the Miners goal area with incessant raids. During one of the raids, Ishmael Addo hit the word work in the 33rd minute while Kuffour wasted a 41st minute chance in front of goal.

But Goldfields young midfielder Stephen Amo nearly stunned the capacity crowd against the run of play when he took the entire Hearts defence unawares. His final delivery however, hit the cross bar.

Hearts introduced "prodigal son" Emmanuel Yartey who came on for Joe Ansah in the 59th minute and was welcome with a thunderous cheers from the fans.

His flawless passes aided his side as in the 81st minute he initiated a move from the midfield for Kuffour to lay on a good pass for Ishmael to complete the rout.

Goldfield made a last minute effort to reduce the tally but their defender-turned-striker Princeton Owusu Ansah's wasted an 89th minute opportunity.

Hearts now stretch their lead with 45 points, four more than Kotoko who are closest.