Ben Doak's star soars as Celtic youngster scores Scotland hat trick to set up nervy Euros wait

Brialliant Bhoy Ben Doak ignited Scotland’s hopes of reaching the Under-17 European Championships in Israel with a superb hat-trick against Georgia.

Brian McLaughlin’s side need to wait to discover if their four-point haul is enough to see them through as one of seven best-placed runners-up.

But this 6-1 dismantling of the Georgians has given them every chance.

Celtic winger Doak’s performances have seen him elevated into Ange Postecoglou’s first team and have attracted the attention of Liverpool. And on this evidence it’s easy to see why as he produced another performance full of poise, power and precision finishing.

Scotland knew nothing less than victory would do and Partick Thistle’s Cameron Cooper fired them into the lead in sensational style after just nine minutes when he latched onto Dylan Reid’s flick and bent an unstoppable shot high past Soso Kopaliani from 20 yards.

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Scotland had a foothold and Rory Wilson could have doubled the advantage but miscued his effort from Bailey Rice’s corner.

Georgia, sitting on three points before kick off having beaten the Czech Republic at the weekend, were neat on the ball but struggled to carve any openings to trouble Jacob Pazikas’ goal in the opening