Ireland player ratings: Mixed bag for all in Hampden

Here is how we rated the Boys in Green after the 2-1 defeat to Scotland in the Nations League.

Gavin Bazunu 6

Easy decision to recall the Southampton No 1 given Caoimhín Kelleher was absent through injury. His clipped passes and ability to pick out wing backs higher up offer important variation and it seemed apparent early on that Ireland were willing to use his long balls into the channels for the frontmen.

At full stretch for the Scotland equaliser but the finish was too precise and wasn't able to replicate his Cristiano Ronaldo exploits when Ryan Christie sent him the wrong way from the penalty spot.

Dara O’Shea 6

It was this time last year that the young Dubliner suffered the ankle injury against Portugal in Faro which brought a shuddering halt to his rise in a green jersey. He returned in the summer and has been an ever-present for West Brom.

That sharpness and match fitness is the reason why he was preferred to Shane Duffy and there could be no arguments with his place given how impressive he looked. Aggressive and willing to engage high up the pitch, it did appear as if he was caught by the movement of Lyndon Dykes in the box which allowed space for Jack Hendry to level.

Nathan Collins 6

Now appears as if the right side slot of that back three is his. In the first half he was close to flawless, picking clever passes, advancing forward when the opportunities presented and also have a deft touch. Ireland looked solid defensively too but after the re-start, as Scotland took their chance and earned their way back into contention, that level of assuredness evaporated all over the pitch. Equaliser came down the right side but the damage was already done by Matt Doherty.

John Egan 6

The 29-year-old wore the captain’s armband for