Mcginn will learn from mistake but says team won’t change style of play

John Mcginn admits he felt culpable for Scotland’s heaviest home defeat in 45 years as they were crushed 4-0 by Belgium at Hampden.

But the Aston Villa midfielder, who gave the ball away in the build-up to the Belgians’ opening goal in last Friday’s chastening friendly loss, remains confident Scotland’s possession-based approach will pay off in tonight’s Nations League opener against Albania.

“Myself and a couple of others made some mistakes,” reflected Mcginn. “It’s difficult when a team like Belgium are closing down all the space and making it hard for you.

“It’s just a learning curve – next time, I’ll maybe not take the ball in that position. But it’s the way we want to play, the way we are planning to play moving forward.

“So hopefully on Monday night, when we have more possession, we can make it show. You do learn more from defeats than you do from victories. It makes you hungrier to improve and do better next time. That’s the way I’ve dealt with things throughout my whole career.

“Friday night was probably the lowest I’ve felt in a Scotland jersey. It’s good we have a game on Monday night, to use that drive and hunger to improve. That’s all I want to do.

“You just want it out of your system. So I’ll try not to dwell on it too much. Hopefully against Albania we can show 0 John Mcginn: ‘Friday was the lowest I’ve felt in Scotland shirt’ what we have been working on and it can be a positive result.”

Former Hibernian hero Mcginn has suffered six defeats in his ten appearances for Scotland so far and the 23-year-old accepts there is significant improvement needed if Alex Mcleish’s squad are to challenge for a place in the 2020 European Championship finals.

“Playing against someone like Eden Hazard was a priceless learning experience,” added Mcginn. “I know because it was a friendly, you’ve got that