Scotland pundits have their hearts ripped out as Groundhog Day 'with a twist' plays out in Croatia

It was a familiar feeling for the Scotland pundits as we slipped to another defeat.

It's one win in 15 for Steve Clarke after letting the lead slip in Croatia, who claimed all three Nations League points in Zagreb. Ryan Christie fired the visitors ahead, but the advantage lasted barely three minutes as Igor Matanovic arrowed in an equaliser. Andrej kramaric then made the second half pressure from the hosts count when he nodded in the rebound from close range following a Craig Gordon save.

There was disappointment in the end, just the delivery method was a little different. Scotland have shipped way too many late goals in recent games. This time they thought they'd nabbed a 95th minute equaliser when Che Adams forced Kristijan Jakic to bundle the ball into his own net. The celebrations were wild, but there was the nagging doubt of offside in the back of Scottish minds, and that was finally confirmed after a lengthy VAR check, followed immediately by another deflating full-time whistle.

Here's what the pundits made of it.

"The difficulty is, in the heads of a lot of fans, the stats are not great reading. But as much as possible we have to try and focus on the positives and the reality that we're up against top, top opposition here. Nobody wants to be staring down the barrel of another defeat. But the fundamentals are there. The performance levels are good. We're missing a lot of players, a lot of quality. Add that back into this team, get a slice of luck and all of a sudden, you can gain that momentum with results."

"I think you could argue we deserved something from all three games in the campaign so far. We gave Croatia the credit and respect they were due in terms of speaking about them and highlighting their