Weeks after Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to ranting and raving on the south side of Glasgow, another icon of international football was left with a bloody nose by Scotland.

Luka Modric and Croatia played the entire second half of this tie with 10 men, the consequence of a red card for Petar Sucic. Scottish patience won the day by a single John McGinn goal in a scratchy contest, leaving them with aspirations of remaining at the top table in this competition after all. Suddenly Monday’s trip to face Poland in Warsaw has huge meaning for Steve Clarke, whose team could now finish third in Group A1.