Robertson says Scots can finish campaign with flourish now

Andrew Robertson believes Scotland can finish their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign with the four wins they might well need to get to Russia.

The Scots were denied a famous and much-needed win Group F against England at Hampden Park on Saturday when Harry Kane made it 2-2 in added time after two quickfire free-kicks from Leigh Griffiths had overturned Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s opener for the Three Lions.

With six fixtures played, Gareth Southgate’s side remain six points ahead of the fourth-placed Scots, who trail Slovenia by three points and Slovakia by four, with games running out.

Gordon Strachan’s side go to Lithuania on September 1 before hosting Malta three days later, finishing off in October with the visit of Slovakia and a trip to Slovenia.

There is little if any margin for error remaining but the Hull left-back remains confident: Robertson said: “If you look at the fixtures we have got, we are capable of beating them all if we can perform like that (against England).

“Slovakia away (0-3) and Lithuania at home (1-1) were disappointing, we are not hiding away from that.

“But if we can up that performance by 10 or 20 per cent then I believe we have got the better of them and hopefully we can get beat the other two teams that we have already got points from

“The boys are disappointed because we know what it could have been. We have four games left and we know what we have to do.

“If we can put performances in like we did against England and Slovenia (1-0 win in March) then we will get the Tartan Army right behind us and if we do, Hampden is never a good place to come to. The fans were magnificent and they gave us that extra 10 per cent when we needed it.”

Robertson admitted a measure of culpability at Kane’s goal where, after midfielder Stuart Armstrong had conceded possession when a break was on, the Spurs striker was unmarked and able to knock a cross from Raheem Sterling past keeper Craig Gordon. He said: “We had a four versus two and we could have killed the game off.

“We gave it away cheap and it went out wide. It was one of those crosses, a tough one.

“He is in between me and Charlie (Mulgrew) and it is a good height that maybe Craigy could have come out but all three of us have got to look at ourselves, that we could have done a bit better.”