Robertson says Scotland were lucky not to lose 6-0 against Netherlands

• Scotland were beaten 4-0 after a late collapse in Amsterdam on Friday night
• Steve Clarke’s side are now winless in six matches as Euro 2024 approaches 
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Andy Robertson admitted he was furious with the late collapse against the Netherlands – with the captain insisting that Scotland were lucky not to lose by six.

Despite playing well for the first hour of the friendly in Amsterdam, the Scots trailed 1-0 courtesy of a first-half strike from Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders.

Lawrence Shankland then missed a glorious chance to equalise in the second half, before the wheels well and truly fell off for Steve Clarke’s side.

Scotland shipped three more goals in the final 20 minutes, meaning they have now gone six matches without a win.

‘I’m feeling anger and disappointment,’ said skipper Robertson. We can’t come away to these big teams and play the way we did.

‘We have completely opened up at the end. The fact we’ve walked off 4-0 is unbelievable. It’s impossible for it to happen. We need to have a look at it.

‘We can’t keep doing this. In the last couple of games, we’ve shipped quite a lot of goals. People looking at that result will think it was one-sided. We need to take a look at it and sort it out.

‘In the last six games, we’ve dropped our standards. It could have been 6-0 at the end. We need to get back to winning ways.’

Robertson stressed the importance of showing a killer touch in front of goal as the Scots continue their preparations for this summer’s Euros in Germany.

They will now host Northern Ireland at Hampden on Tuesday night, with the need to get back to winning ways now crystal clear on the back of this result.

‘At this level, it’s all about putting the ball in the back of the net,’ said the Scotland and Liverpool lef-back. ‘Lads can miss chances.

‘What we can’t do is open up the way we did. That’s a collective thing. We opened up too much and ended up walking off at 4-0.

‘We have to be clinical and we have to keep them out at the back door. We don’t want to be a team which just qualifies for tournaments. We want to compete.’

Meanwhile, Scotland midfielder John McGinn admitted the final scoreline was ‘embarrassing’ despite the fact that the visitors had played well for the first hour of the game.

During that time, they had several good opportunities to score. McGinn and Scott McTominay both had chances, but it was Shankland’s miss just after the hour which was the most glaring.

‘It’s a strange one looking back,’ said McGinn. ‘Overall, looking back, there was so much to take from the game. But obviously the scoreline is an embarrassing one for us.

‘We’re all experienced players. We know what it’s like coming to a place like this. When you have good spells in the game and have good chances like we did, one of them has to go in.

‘You can say you’ve played well and had chances, but we need to be more streetwise. When it goes to 2-0, shut up shop a little bit more. That’s the thing that hurts the most.

‘We’re going to go into a tournament where goal difference will be so important. We can take positives in the sense that we didn’t feel Netherlands were a million miles away from us.

‘We need to win on Tuesday night. We’re on a bad run of results at the moment. They’ll be in their dressing room thinking: “How have we scored four there?”

‘It’s up to us to make sure that doesn’t happen again. We can’t let those bad habits slip back in.’