Scotland captain Andy Robertson headed an excellent 93rd-minute winner in Warsaw that saved his aspect from relegation within the Nations League.
On a dramatic evening Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn stroked the guests forward as they regarded for a win that would have secured a spot within the quarter-finals of the competitors subsequent spring.
It was a lead that was almost added to by Lyndon Dykes and Billy Gilmour within the first half, whose dipping 25-yard shot cannoned again off the crossbar.
Poland – with out injured totem Robert Lewandowski – equalised when Kamil Piatkowski ripped a shot in from vary.
Andy Robertson’s first Scotland aim in 5 years…
…and what a time to get it 😍#POLSCO pic.twitter.com/a5kaKORAt5
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That aim regarded like that means relegation to League B for Steve Clarke’s aspect however Robertson popped up with a back-post header with seconds left meaning a playoff subsequent yr.
Scotland may nonetheless be relegated in the event that they lose that – however the Robertson winner did be sure that Poland are down.
The third-placed end means Scotland are more likely to be within the third pot of seeds for the World Cup qualifying draw which takes place on Friday 13 December.
Early strike for McGinn
McGinn scored the winner towards Croatia final week and was in the suitable place once more simply three minutes in when he strode onto Ben Doak’s cutback to steer in from the sting of the world. It was Scotland’s quickest aim in a aggressive worldwide for 23 years.
McGinn’s twentieth aim for his nation signifies that solely Denis Regulation (30), Kenny Dalglish (30), Hughie Gallacher (23) and Lawrie Reilly (23) have extra at this stage.
One other milestone man got here to the rescue late on. Robertson’s eightieth cap made him the joint third most-capped participant for Scotland (stage with Darren Fletcher) behind solely Dalglish (102) and Jim Leighton (91) and his fourth aim was a perfectly-placed header from John Souttar’s cross.