John McGinn rues EMBARRASSING Scotland collapse but raves about Lawrence Shankland despite big miss

Stunned John McGinn branded Scotland's astonishing late collapse against the Netherlands embarrassing and admits he has no interest in any hard luck stories.

The talismanic midfielder watched his side pass up a glut of golden opportunities before the Dutch rained down a goal storm to earn a 4-0 win in Amsterdam. It came on a night they were outplayed for long spells by Steve Clarke's side. Ryan Christie was denied by the cross bar as was Lawrence Shankland before dozy defending proved fatal for the Scots with Gini Wijnaldum, Donyell Malen and Wout Weghorst scoring late on to add to Tijjani Reijnders first half stunner.

McGinn was recognised the positives but the Aston Villa captain was keen to stress a run of six games without a win isn't the standards for a side who have been left miffed by their late collapse against one of Euro 2024's big guns. Speaking to Viaplay, a visibly irked McGinn said: "Overall, we will look back on it with so much to take from the game. The scoreline is an embarrassing one for us. We are all experienced players, and we know coming to places like this, we are playing in European football, it's not a surprise. When you get good spells in the game, myself, Christie, Shanks, one of them has got to go in.

"Off the back of that, you can say you've played well, chances, all of that, but we've got to be more streetwise and when it goes to 2-0, shut up shop a bit, be less ambitious, be narrower. That's the thing that hurts the most, we are going into a tournament where goal difference is so important. We can take positives, we didn't feel Netherlands were a million miles away from us but in those moments towards the last half an hour of the game these are ones we don't look at with many positives."