Scotland have got their Nations League campaign off to a good start after beating Albania 2-0 tonight.
Steven Naismith headed the hosts in front, although it did go in off Berat Djimsiti, two minutes after the second half kicked off.
He then doubled his tally and Scotland’s lead with a second header from a corner 25 minutes later.
Check out the player ratings for both sides below…
FULL TIME | Scotland 2 – 0 Albania
An own goal and a Steven Naismith header give us the three points in our opening UEFA Nations League game.#SCOALB #NothingMattersMore pic.twitter.com/SaVv5ndF1Y
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) September 10, 2018
PLAYER RATINGS (according to website WhoScored)
SCOTLAND:
McGregor (Rangers) – 6.9
Souttar (Hearts) – 7.0
Mulgrew (Blackburn) – 7.5
Tierney (Celtic) – 6.8
O’Donnell (Kilmarnock) – 7.9
McGinn (Aston Villa) – 7.9
McDonald (Fulham) – 6.3
McGregor (Celtic) – 7.1
Robertson (Liverpool) – 7.3
Russell (Sporting Kansas City) – 6.8
Naismith (Hearts) – 7.8
Armstrong (Southampton) (sub) – 6.7
McTominay (Manchester United) (sub) – 6.2
Griffiths (Celtic) (sub) – 6.0
ALBANIA:
Strakosha (Lazio) – 6.5
Hysaj (Napoli) – 7.0
Veseli (Empoli) – 7.2
Djimsiti (Atalanta) – 6.8
Binaku (Malmo) – 5.9
Xhaka (Basel) – 6.7
Lilaj (Gabala) – 6.4
Ndoj (Brescia) – 6.6
Gavazaj (Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) – 6.0
Balaj (Akhmat Grozny) – 6.4
Memushaj (Pescara) – 6.3
Prenga (Inter Zaprešić) (sub) – 6.5
Manaj (Albacete) (sub) – 6.1
Mihaj (Panetolikos) (sub) – 6.1
Social media users gave plenty of reaction on the game. Understandably, much of that talk was about Naismith, who was trending on Twitter throughout the game – check out those tweets on the next page.
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