Scotland ‘deserved’ Croatia victory – Souttar

John Souttar says Scotland deserved the three points against Croatia on Friday night.

Steve Clarke’s side ended their lengthy winless run with a 1-0 victory over Croatia at Hampden, a result which keeps Scotland’s hopes of finishing third, or even second in their Nations League group, very much alive.

“I’d much rather not play better, get three points than play well and not get three points,” Souttar said.

“So it’s enjoyable and I think the boys deserved it.

“This campaign we’ve been unlucky in other games, so maybe we deserved a bit of luck and got the win through that.

“I think we had belief before the game. We’ve always had belief It’s going to take top performances to get points in this group because the opposition is so good.

“But I think we’ve handled ourselves well throughout the group and the thing missing was the win and thankfully we got that tonight.”