Nicola Sturgeon hailed the Scotland men's team's 'gutsy' performance as she revelled in their efforts securing a first point at Euro 2020 with a goalless draw with England. 

The First Minister fired off a series of late-night Tweets celebrating the stalemate which saw Scotland go toe-to-toe with its old footballing rival, and emerge unscathed. 

And Ms Sturgeon also took time to troll the Sun newspaper, which took the advantage of the tight game to make a pun about Scottish independence — though the joke failed to make the edition published north of the border. 

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The First Minister wrote: "What a proud and gutsy performance #SCO - well done @ScotlandNT.

"We leave Wembley undefeated…and now it’s game on for Croatia at Hampden."

She also highlighted The Sun's English front page with a later Tweet.

The First Minister's social media messages went down well with fans among her followers. 

One wrote: "The team played at their best tonight, very proud of those boys."

Another added: "Amazing, buzzing what we need after a tough year."

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Following the 0-0 draw between Scotland and England London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who attended the match at Wembley, tweeted: “A fair result given the determination on both sides.

“Scotland held that line and made us work for the point. Now, on to next Tuesday and the Czech Republic.”