Former Scotland global Steve Nicol laments England's last-gasp equaliser as "unprofessional" defending by Scotland.
This Saturday, June 10, 2017 (9:00 AM Pacific) Scotland will host England at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland in a UEFA World Cup qualifier.
But with a famous victory on the cards, England skipper Harry Kane levelled in stoppage time to deflate the Tartan Army and the Celtic forward.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had broken the deadlock after 70 minutes before two Leigh Griffiths free-kicks put the Scots on the brink of victory. In the 87th minute, Griffiths lined up a free-kick and brilliantly dispatched a strike past Joe Hart - his first goal in 14 attempts. However, Kane soon cushioned a volley home following Raheem Sterling's deep cross.
Southgate has so far declined to name a permanent captain of the team, breaking with a long-standing English tradition, but he believes Kane has the qualities for the role. "You must never turn it in". "Scotland is no easy place to come".
"It was a insane last six minutes and obviously it was not ideal for us". Great credit to him, under pressure he delivers two outstanding technical finishes. "I think there is great potential. but of course we have an enormous journey to go on to match teams who have already won World Cups and European Championships with players who are Champions League winners regularly". "Despite the defeat (in Sweden), I am not going to change the objective - there will be changes, but I don't know how many".
"It was brilliant for him that in a pressure moment he executed a skill that he made look easier than it actually was".
At this point, the three points looked relatively safe for England; Scotland had barely threatened, and Southgate's side would have been confident they could see the game out. We trained all week and everyone in the squad gave 100 per cent against England, so it was good that way. "As a player you just get on with it but as a manager that was hard work. It was like a middleweight fighting a heavyweight".
"We have four games left and we could win all of them". Their strength and power was hard to deal with, and we did it.
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"England deserve full praise for at least coming back".
"We just tried to take as much as we could from what they told us into our game and I think we stood up and were counted".
"That was beyond the call of duty and there is no one here who knows how it hard is to play against those players on a day like that". The power and strength and speed of England is phenomenal. It will be a good game, a good test against one of the best in the world. It's great that all the teams who follow you now have something to aim for. "A wonderful character. Strange, but wonderful".
"I thought Joe Hart's positioning was very poor", Butcher told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.
"I felt we controlled the game for large parts and eventually opened the scoring with about 20 minutes left".
"It's a fantastic achievement, you have done everybody proud, yourselves and your families, and also you can see the country has taken note".
Southgate is trying to rebuild England's confidence after the shock of last year's Euro 2016 humiliation by Iceland and said his players' perseverance in the face of improbable odds was a sign that they are on the right path.
"Personally, I picked up a lot about leadership from the time we spent with the Marines".
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