SCOTLAND
David Marshall: First action was to pick the ball out his net after being beaten by Robert Lewandowski within the opening three minutes. The shot went in at the near post – every goalie’s nightmare – but redeemed himself with two smart saves in second half. Helpless at late equaliser 6
Alan Hutton: Galloped regularly down the wing in typical Hutton style, occasionally linking with a team-mate, other times letting the ball dribble harmlessly out of play. 6
Russell Martin: Didn’t cover himself in glory early on allowing Lewandowski to run off him to put Poland in front but recovered well until closing seconds. 6
Grant Hanley: The sight of the Blackburn defender lumbering after Lewandowski seemed as mismatched as a bout between Giant Haystacks and Ronnie Corbett. That aside, this was another robust defensive performance although poor at Poland equaliser. 6
Steven Whittaker: Preferred ahead of Andy Robertson at left-back and gradually got more into the game the longer it went on. Had his hands full containing the ever-busy Jakub Blaszczykowski who, mercifully, goes by the moniker Kuba. 6
Scott Brown: Usual industrious performance who “welcomed” Lewandowski to Scotland on more than one occasion, one of which earned him a booking. 6
Darren Fletcher: Some nice touches but Scotland could done with greater dynamism and a quicker turn of pace in that role. 6
James Forrest: Left so isolated for the first 30 minutes that he would have needed semaphore to communicate with team-mates. Gradually got more involved and terrific run and pass set up Scotland’s equaliser. 7
Steven Naismith: Had Scotland’s first chance after about 25 minutes but couldn’t find a way through. Somehow missed a much easier opportunity right at the start of the second half with a shot that turned into a clearance. But typically tigerish and tenacious. 6
Matt Ritchie: Delivered the biggest surprise ending since The Sixth Sense (Spoiler: Bruce Willis is a ghost) with his goal right on the stroke of half-time, given how poor both he and Scotland had been in the 44 minutes that preceded it. Involved in Scotland’s second too. 7
Steven Fletcher: The man with perhaps the most to prove finally delivered. Little had been seen of the Sunderland player until the 61st minute when he fastened on to a pass on the corner of the box and curled a terrific left-foot effort past Fabianski. 7
Subs
Shaun Maloney (for Naismith 68), James McArthur (for D Fletcher 74), Graham Dorrans (for Forrest 84)
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