Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney blasted for Scotland goal kick celebration as pair told 'you should know better'

Former Scotland striker Alan McInally blasted Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney for celebrating winning a GOAL KICK in the defeat to Germany and claimed the Premier League duo should know better.

McInally reckons the passionate scenes early on against Germany were a sign Steve Clarke's team weren't fully focused on the task at hand. Emotions were running high early on in Munich as the Scots opened Euro 2024 against the hosts and every kick of the ball in our favour was celebrated wildly by the Tartan Army in the opening exchanges.

At one point, Tierney and Robertson were seen celebrating after the Arsenal star won a goal-kick off Jamal Musiala to ease the early pressure. And while those pumped-up scenes were symbolic of how up for it the Scotland players were, they were made to look a little daft in hindsight just seven minutes later when Florian Wirtz opened the scoring.

Germany ran riot from there, cutting through Scotland like a hot knife through butter on their way to a 5-1 win that thoroughly dampened the party atmosphere among the travelling Tartan Army.

And McInally, who played eight times for Scotland in 1989 and 1990, told Betfair: "The boys should be better than that. It’s all right having a good camaraderie within the group, and the lads will have known it’s a difficult opening game against the hosts, but they shouldn’t have been celebrating winning a goal-kick.

"We should have been properly focused on the game. We knew it was a big team to take on. I thought Angus Gunn should have saved the first Germany goal and then that put us under a bit of pressure."

But despite Gunn's tough day at the office, McInally reckons Clarke needs to stick by him for Wednesday's game against Switzerland rather than shake things up between the sticks. Because he knows it's not over yet. He went on: "Gunn had a really tough day at the office against Germany, but I think we need to stick with him in goal. He had a couple of really good moments in the game, but that first goal, he knows he should have saved it. A mistake stays with you for a couple of minutes, but it seemed to weigh him down. He knew he should have done better for the first goal.

"There were a catalogue of errors from the team. We didn’t defend well enough. That was a chasting of a result that we’ve had in ages. I’m quite deflated. It got to the 60th minute and I wanted the referee to blow the full time whistle.

"The boys will have to live with that result all of their life. Angus Gunn will have to live with the fact that he didn't have a strong enough arm to push away the first goal. You have to live with it, but you can't dwell on it.

"With a bit of luck, this result won’t define our Euros. We’ve got a chance against Switzerland and Hungary. Switzerland beating Hungary is a great result for Scotland because we play Hungary last and the best third-placed side will go through. So not all is lost."