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Scotland 1 Poland 1: Three talking points as former Celtic star's first goal cancelled out by controversial penalty

A late Krzysztof Piatek penalty took the shine off another good Scotland performance, as a first Scots goal from Arsenal and former Celtic star Kieran Tierney was cancelled out in a 1-1 friendly draw with Poland.

Somewhere in another universe, Glasgow's Hampden Park would have been a cauldron of fever-pitch anticipation for 90 minutes as Scotland looked to go one game away from the World Cup.

A fierce opponent in Ukraine should have been waiting but Russia have brought war to their land and thoughts have had to turn as far away from football as you could imagine.

Instead it was Poland who rocked up in Mount Florida for a game raising funds in association with UNICEF to support the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Football eventually kicked off amid a backdrop of support and unity for Ukraine, and head coach Steve Clarke's men impressed.

An advance on the Polish goal had Billy Gilmour, Nathan Paterson and John McGinn all denied within 60 seconds during a tight first half.

Poland had their chances too and Piatek really should have put them ahead at the second half's beginning. McGinn could have won a penalty at the other but was honest and tried to stay up amid a goalkeeper intervention.

But eventually a magic moment did come for former Celtic man and Muirhouse native Tierney, who headed in Scotland's goal ahead of a friendly with Austria next Tuesday.

This game was all about staking a claim ahead of this summer's play-off matches and this was another good outing for Clarke's men, but they were to be denied a seventh win on the trot.

Piatek looked to have gone down under a challenge from goalkeeper Craig Gordon, but nobody had touched him. A penalty was given regardless and the Polish striker dispatched the spot-kick. Here are

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