Graeme Souness in brutal Scotland verdict as legend delivers 'shocking' jibe

Graeme Souness has laid into Scotland and insisted they simply aren't good enough.

The ex-Scotland captain caused controversy when he revealed he wanted Ukraine to win.

He watched on at Hampden as Steve Clarke's men were soundly beaten 3-1 by a classy Ukrainian side.

The country's top pundits were on hand to deliver their verdicts on the events at the national stadium, with Ukraine now set for a showdown with Wales in Cardiff on Sunday.

And Souness was peeved at a poor performance as he delivered his go-to scathing verdict. He eviscerated the Scots after the Croatia defeat in Euro 2021 and he was 'saddened by the performance' at Hampden tonight.

Here's what the Scotland and Rangers icon had to say.

"I think you have to say over the 90 minutes the best team has won tonight. In the first-half they were fabulous, I thought they'd done the job at 2-0 but, through pure grit and determination, Scotland got back into it.

"In terms of the chances Ukraine had in the 90 minutes, it could've been a sore one for us tonight.

"The only thing you can say is their goalkeeper was an absolute pudding. He doesn't look like he's up for it at this kind of level.

"It's a sore one for us to take but, at the end of the night, you have to say we were second fiddle.

"We're talking about getting the ball wide, pushing two centre-halves up - I'm talking about in the latter stages of the game to try and retrieve the situation - but that's not what modern football is about. It's not what football is about.

"It's about cute and clever passing and we never had that tonight.

"They did, in abundance, and that's something we have to look at if we're to be a threat at this level and qualify for World Cups, we have to be a better football team.

"Not a