Scott McTominay insists Scotland cut their own throats as he tells teammates what HAS to stop

Sickened Scott McTominay admitted Scotland cut their own throats again after watching Poland deliver a killer injury time blow to their Nations League opener.

The Napoli midfielder had slammed home his 10th international goal to haul Steve Clarke’s side level having trailed by two goals at the interval. But three individual errors - culminating in Grant Hanley’s reckless lunge on Nicola Zalewski to conceded a second penalty deep into added time - left Scotland on the end of a 3-2 defeat as Tartan Army boos greeted the final whistle.

Punters had turned up in numbers looking for a reaction to the summer’s miserable Euro 2024 exit. But despite a stirring fightback and a far more adventurous performance they were left deflated again. Kenny McLean’s short pass led to the Poles eighth minute opener and Tony Ralston’s clumsy trip on Zalewski gave Robert Lewandowski the chance to double the lead from the spot.

It means Clarke’s troops have now won just one of their last 13 games stretching back a full calendar year with 17 goals conceded in the last eight games ahead of Sunday’s trip to face Portugal. And McTominay said the errors have to stop. He said: “I feel the goals were self-inflicted, from the collective. We all know that. It is always the little details and the manager spoke to us about that.

"It is making us fall a little bit short in big games at the Euros and here tonight. That’s football, you get mistakes in games. Every single game you watch has mistakes and sometimes you get punished and sometimes you don’t.

“It is something we need to take ownership of. It is part of the game. We will continue to give our best on the pitch and hopefully against Portugal we can be the ones who come out on top.”

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