Thibaut Courtois Keeping Liverpool's Simon Mignolet - who hasn't conceded a club goal this season - out of the team but this was not the most hard-earned clean sheet of his career.
Pretty much a bystander all night as any shots Scotland could muster flew wide 7
Toby Alderweireld Courtois' club-mate at Atletico Madrid escaped a booking after contact with Robert Snodgrass but otherwise saw off the threat of the Norwich player with ease before the arrival of Ikechi Anya gave him something to think about 7
Daniel Van Buyten Broke Scottish hearts with a late equaliser in 2001 and did the same in another sense last night. Too big, too strong and too experienced for the outnumbered Leigh Griffiths to have anything more than sporadic joy 7
Nicolas Lombaerts Strolled through the game although booked for a crunching challenge on Griffiths. Had the misfortune to crumple to the turf with a damaged right ankle after falling awkwardly following a challenge with Jordan Rhodes 7
Jan Vertonghen Captained the team from left-back in the absence of Vincent Kompany, a role which included him gesticulating angrily at his manager early on. Stepped into his club position at centre-half after the injury to Lombaerts 7
Alex Witsel One of two Zenit St Petersburg players in the side, the owner of the second-best Afro hairstyle in the team was the deepest-lying Belgium midfielder and helped establish an impenetrable wall for Scotland players to confront 7
Kevin De Bruyne Brought back to Chelsea by Jose Mourinho this summer and the only surprise is that they let him go in the first place. A couple of early crosses from the left showed his threat. Played his part in the first goal to perfection and was defied twice late on by Marshall 9
Marouane Fellaini Manchester United's £27.5m man, watched by his new club manager, nearly used his aerial prowess to head in the opener. Harshly booked but had a hand in the first goal as well as showing his repertoire of flicks and touches 7
Steven Defour No mean feat for the Porto midfielder to keep Dries Mertens, Mousa Dembele and Kevin Mirallas out of the team and the tiny playmaker justified his inclusion. Showed superb technique to despatch a ball coming across his body off the inside of the post to make it 1-0 8
Nacer Chadli It looked like a preview of the Commonwealth Games 100m as he ran stride for stride with Hutton. Can be hit or miss but was on his game last night with a devillish run and cross to put a chance on a plate for Fellaini. Another led to a panicky Grant Hanley clearance 7
Christian Benteke Giving new meaning to that old line about good feet for a big man. Only once had a genuine sight of goal, tugging the ball narrowly wide at the start of the second period, but led the line with brawn and poise and set up the second goal for Mirallas 8
SUBSTITUTES
Kevin Mirallas (for Fellaini 68) Hardly like-for-like when the Everton man replaced the former Everton man but was pushed wide left and showed Whittaker a clean pair of heels before coming in seal victory for his team 7
Sebastien Pocognoli (for Lombaerts 77) Plays his club football at Hannover 96, so not exactly a weak link when he replaced the injured Lombaerts 5
Mousa Dembele (for Defour 87) The Tottenham midfielder was kept in reserve until the dying minutes and had no time to make an impression 3
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