Steve Clarke hails Scotland heroes and highlights one thing they've proved in Nations League

Steve Clarke has hailed his Scotland heroes for refusing to give up after a remarkable Nations League finale.

Andy Robertson's stoppage-time winner sparked bedlam in Warsaw as the Scots earned a 2-1 victory that kept their top-tier survival hopes alive and moved them above Poland in third place in Group A1. The Dark Blues now have a two-legged relegation play-off in March against one of the runners-up from the second tier after taking seven points from their last three games.

Proud boss Clarke said: "The more you play at this level the better you get. We started with three defeats, three narrow defeats with good performances. The players didn't lose belief, I didn't lose belief in the players. They end up taking seven points from the last three games, which gets us into that play-off.

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"The more you play at this level, the more you learn how to win the games. That's what we've proved. I'm really pleased for the players, I'm really pleased for the staff, I'm really pleased for the supporters. It's a good way to end this part of the Nations League campaign, obviously we've got a bit longer now that we've managed to secure a play-off. I look forward to the games in March."

John McGinn followed up his winner against Croatia with a third-minute strike in Warsaw and both Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay hit the woodwork during a frantic first half.

Poland levelled with a wondergoal into the top corner in the 59th minute from Kamil Piatkowski but Scotland kept chipping away until their captain produced the goods to mark his 80th cap with his first international goal in five years.

Clarke added: "You always believe it. It was a very open game, we gave them a lot of chances. So we always felt that maybe one more chance would come, maybe not from the source it actually came from. Fantastic cross from John Souttar, who was outstanding defensively, and Grant Hanley. Fantastic cross, great header from the captain and a nice way to finish the game."