Ryan Christie penalty completes Scotland’s comeback win over Ireland

More fool anybody who thought Scotland would do this the easy way. Only a draw was required from the visit of the Republic of Ireland to Glasgow for the same outcome from Tuesday’s meeting with Ukraine to see Steve Clarke’s men seal top spot in Group B1 of the Nations League.

Scotland duly fell a goal behind, which triggered the kind of nervousness that is natural for a supporter base who have known the darkest of times. New Scotland, though, means new attitudes; a composed second 45 minutes secured the win that earlier looked improbable. Scotland still need to avoid defeat in Krakow but they will fly to Poland in fine spirits.

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