PLAYER RATINGS

SCOTLAND – David Marshall 7 – A very strong goalkeeping performance from Marshall, who was given the nod ahead of Craig Gordon. Had no chance with either of Schick’s goals and made a string of saves to keep the scoreline down.

Jack Hendry 5 (Ryan Fraser 67) – Was unfortunate to see a dipping strike come back off the crossbar, but a clumsy decision to take on an overly speculative effort from long-range left his fellow defenders badly exposed for Schick’s albeit sublime second goal.

Grant Hanley 6 – Commanding in the heart of defence, although he was caught underneath the ball for Vladimir Coufal’s cross which led to Schick’s opener.

Liam Cooper 6 – The Leeds United defender was confident in possession but Scotland missed the attacking guile of Kieran Tierney on the left side of defence.

Stephen O’Donnell 5 (James Forrest 79) – Struggled to provide any attacking threat down the right hand side and failed to track Vladimir Coufal’s cross for Schick’s opener. A difficult afternoon for the Motherwell man.

John McGinn 6 – Made a bright start to the match and was denied with an early opportunity, but struggled to supply his usual goal threat as the game went on.

Scott McTominay 7 – The deepest-lying player of the central midfield three, the Manchester United player pivoted much Scotland’s play before dropping back to centre half in the final stages.

Stuart Armstrong 6 (Callum McGregor 67) – A decent midfield display, with the Southampton player unlucky not to find the scoresheet with a shot which was deflected over.

Andy Robertson 7 – Scotland’s strongest outfield player, who caused the Czechs no shortage of problems during a first half in which all their attacking threat came down his left hand side.

Lyndon Dykes 7 (Kevin Nisbet 79) – A strong performance up front, with his closest sight of goal coming when a low strike was blocked by the feet of Czech goalkeeper Vaclik.

Ryan Christie 6 (Che Adams 46) – Showed some decent link-up play with his fellow attackers and wide players, but found goalscoring opportunities of his own hard to come by. Withdrawn at half-time to accommodate a change to the attacking dynamic.

Subs not used – Craig Gordon, Jon McLaughlin, Greg Taylor, David Turnbull, Nathan Patterson, Billy Gilmour, Scott McKenna.

• Czech Republic (4-23-1) – Vaclik 8; Coufal 6, Celustka 6, Kalas 6, Boril 6; Kral 6 (Holes 67), Soucek 7; Masopust 6 (Vydra

72), Darida 7 (Sevcik 87), Jankto 7 (Hlozek 72); Shick 8 (Krmencik 87). Subs not used – Mandous, Kaderabek, Brabec, Barak, Zima, Mateju, Pekhart.

• Referee – Daniel Siebert (Germany) 6.

• Attendance – 9,847.

• Man of the match: Patrik Schick.