Lyndon Dykes and Kenny McLean's late strikes saw the Tartan Army win three from three in their European qualifying group in a mental 2-1 win over Norway on Saturday.
Steve Clarke's side downed Cyprus and beat Spain in a superb couple of days at Hampden Park back in March to go top of the group - but an away tie will always be difficult to contend, no matter who you play. Scotland's confidence was sky high, and only the mention of Martin Odegaard and Erling Haaland, who scored 51 goals between them in the Premier League alone last season, did anything to threaten that.
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But despite the latter scoring a penalty on the hour mark, Dykes' late stabbed effort before McLean's outrageous finish saw Scotland nick the game from absolutely nowhere to see another superb win on the international stage. Germany might be looming - and Glasgow Live look at three talking points.
Terrific Tierney
Kieran Tierney was a man on fire today. He had the tactical nous to catch any spare balls in behind, has the confidence and composure to play out from the back, and the speed to match Erling Haaland.
It's quite incredible that Arsenal would contemplate selling him. Of course, Oleksandr Zinchenko is the best at playing the inverted wing-back role, but Tierney has shown that he isn't far off the Ukrainian.
Newcastle, should they sign him, will be getting an absolute steal if the £30million rumours are to be believed. Andy Robertson is the current captain, but Tierney is equally as much of a leader on the pitch. His constant exposure to playing people like Haaland week in, week out looks to be paying off.
Star duo largely halted
As good as Scotland's defence worked, chances were few and far between. Many may have asked why; how a team could go from beating Spain with relative comfortability to fashioning chances of such little frequency against Norway.
But the message was simple - do not give Erling Haaland any space to feed off. Martin Odegaard is good enough to play for Manchester City, and the amount of chances their star-studded midfield give the big Norwegian is frightening - so you have to nullify those two by flooding the area.
And Clarke's plan worked a treat, generally. Haaland didn't really have anything to work with, and Odegaard was not afforded the chance to supply his partner with any real chances of note.
Of course, it came at the expense of tactical freedom and a soft penalty changed that. But it paid dividends in such a dramatic ending.
Poor refereeing
There won't be any excuses from Scotland fans for the first 85 minutes. Norway have two world-class attacking stars, and Scotland weren't at their best today if truth be told. But the performance of referee Matej Jug was, quite simply astounding.
This isn't about the penalty call, but little increments of common sense that were lacking. Andy Robertson's throw-in and the foul on Aaron Hickey on the edge of the box both happened within about 30 seconds of each other - both decisions that were wrong.
Fortunately, it didn't matter one bit, so it will go largely unspoken of. But it was a performance that left a lot to be desired.
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