SCOTT McTOMINAY has accused Georgia players of “provoking” the referee and “crying like babies” during tonight’s match in Tbilisi.
The Manchester United hero continued his sensational goal-scoring form with another strike to add to his tally in Georgia to make it seven in total for the campaign – levelling John McGinn and Steven Fletcher’s record for most goals in a qualifying round.
Scott McTominay was furious with the Georgia players at full-time
Lawrence Shankland’s late goal rescued a point for the Scots in Tbilisi
Scotland take on Norway in the final game of the group on Sunday
McTominay, 26, made it 1-1 after Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.
It looked as though Scotland would lose and face further suffering at home after Kvaratskhelia scored again to make it two, but Lawrence Shankland found a late away point in stoppage time.
Even though the Tartan Army had won three straight games, McTominay was still furious with his opponents at the end, accusing them of trying to slow down the clock whenever possible.
The Scotland players pleaded with whistler Aleksandar Stavrev throughout the match and the Man Utd midfielder took aim at the Georgians in his post-match interview, branding them a “disgrace”.
.
.
He told Viaplay: “They’ve got some very good footballers but tonight, the way they were acting, it was a disgrace in terms of provoking the referee.
“That’s football and I guess it’s just the way it goes.
“They should do something about players pretending to be injured when they’re not.
“It’s a difficult one to call but rolling around and crying like babies all afternoon is not football.
For us, we just wanted to get on with our game whereas on the other side they were provoking the referee a lot.”
.