Anyone who has watched the Arsenal fly-on-the-wall job on Amazon Prime will know Kieran Tierney can be a man of few words but the ones he does use tend to hit the mark. Magic, was how he described the winning formula concocted by Scotland boss Steve Clarke for Wednesday night’s thrilling 3-0 dismantling of Ukraine. Chemistry might be another word though.
We don’t know if Tierney is a fan of Breaking Bad on Netflix but teacher turned-crystal-meth-cook Walter White said chemistry IS magic, and we got to see proof at Hampden the other night. Gordon Strachan, Alex McLeish and Clarke have all tried to work out the perfect equation for fitting the Gunners ace into the Scotland side alongside world class captain and Liverpool Andy Robertson, when the pair of them occupy similar roles for their clubs.
The current gaffer has found one that works better than most, with Tierney operating on the left side of three centre backs in a position that was pretty much created for him. There’s not many underlapping and overlapping centre backs in world football but it’s done the business under Clarke in recent times.
