Andy Robertson "a man possessed" as Scottish media hail Tottenham star on 100th appearance

The 3rd clip was the charm for caller Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli, whose broadside overcame North Macedonia 2-0 successful Saturday's UEFA Nations League battle, acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to Andy Robertson.

Following their premature World Cup exit, Scotland's winless and scoreless streak continued successful September, arsenic they drew 0-0 with Slovenia earlier a 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Switzerland successful League B Group 1.

Pocognoli's men travelled to Skopje without a triumph oregon a extremity successful 4 consecutive games, but Kieron Bowie's seventh-minute opener and John McGinn's second-half punishment snapped Scotland's atrocious sequence.

While Bowie and McGinn stole the goalscoring spotlight, the nighttime belonged to Tottenham Hotspur's Robertson, who made a landmark 100th elder quality for the nationalist team.

The Liverpool fable became conscionable the 2nd Scottish antheral subordinate to scope a period of caps aft Kenny Dalglish, and the left-back volition soon surpass the latter's grounds 102 appearances barring a catastrophe.

Andy Robertson "a antheral possessed" connected 100th Scotland appearance

4 - Just 13 minutes into his 100th quality for Scotland, Andy Robertson has had 4 shots successful an planetary lucifer for the archetypal time. Dreaming. https://t.co/6sKTge0Khu

Robertson was a livewire connected some the attacking and antiaircraft beforehand against North Macedonia, firing 4 shots wrong the opening 13 minutes, his astir ever successful an planetary fixture.

The 32-year-old besides made 9 antiaircraft contributions successful Scotland's success, including six clearances and 2 interceptions, successful summation to six recoveries.

Robertson's show unsurprisingly triggered precocious praise from the Scottish media, arsenic The National awarded him an 8/10 for a show "befitting" conscionable the 2nd antheral to triumph 100 Scotland caps.

A abstracted diagnostic from The National labelled Robertson "a antheral possessed" and highlighted the full-back's "boundless energy, people and commitment" during the archetypal triumph of the Pocognoli era.

BBC Sport hailed Robertson for starting the lucifer "like a dervish" arsenic helium peppered the North Macedonia extremity with changeable aft changeable successful the archetypal 15 minutes, albeit unsuccessfully.

However, the ex-Liverpool antheral besides accepted portion of the work for Scott McKenna's reddish card, arsenic the centre-back was dismissed for denial of a wide goalscoring accidental pursuing an inaccurate walk from Robertson.

What Andy Robertson said astir winning 100th Scotland cap

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Robertson refused to downplay the value of the juncture erstwhile speaking to BBC Sport astatine afloat time, saying: "It means everything to me, and it means everything to my family,

"I've been distant present 100 times; I've got to consciousness atrocious for my wife! It's been an unbelievable journey. I retrieve my archetypal game, and it's been a process since then.

"It's affectional for me. I emotion this country, there's lone 1 idiosyncratic earlier maine successful the men's crippled to bash that, truthful it's a beauteous peculiar achievement.

"I thought Kenny Dalglish was going to beryllium disquieted astir his goalscoring grounds successful the archetypal fewer minutes! I had astir six shots!

"They did a bully presumption for me; I told them I wanted the win. The lads did truthful good to get the win, it'll beryllium a peculiar 1 for maine and my family."

Scotland present beryllium 3rd successful their Nations League group, 5 points down leaders Switzerland and down Slovenia connected extremity quality earlier they big the second astatine Hampden Park connected Tuesday.