Erling Haaland far from Scotland's only worry as Craig Gordon keeping eye on other Norway threat

Craig Gordon has warned Scotland not to pull the blinkers down on Erling Haaland and forget to keep one eye on Norway’s other goal threats.

The Hearts keeper believes the Champions League-winning Manchester City striker can’t be allowed to become the central focus when talents such as Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will also pose a threat for Steve Clarke’s side in Oslo on Saturday. It’s a European Championship qualifier against a team packed with quality and Gordon insists all provisions will be made to keep Haaland at bay but he’s also wary of the distraction of trying to tie down the blonde goal machine.

He said: “If we think too much about Haaland then Odegaard might stick one in. Listen, we know Haaland is a threat. That will be brought up in the meetings with the management looking at where they usually score their goals from. The thing about him is that he can virtually score them from anywhere.

“He can hit long-range shots, score headers as well as scoring tap-ins and rebounds as well. So we know he’s a threat from all over the pitch. It’s not just the keeper who will be thinking about that.

“The team will be aligned on what they have to do to defend against him. Norway have other qualities too so the lads will need to be ready for however they play and whoever plays in attack.”

Gordon is still aiming to add to the 74 caps he’s racked up for the dark blues during a remarkable career where he’s fought back from the adversity of serious injury and he’s currently on the road back from a broken leg.

Whether he’s able to reclaim No.1 spot for the national side remains to be seen but he’s given his full endorsement to Norwich City’s Angus Gunn who’s arrived on the international scene with two clean sheets in