Scotland hero Kenny McLean stuns Norway as he admits "results like this make hard work worthwhile" on 30th cap
dailyrecord.co.ukCambuslang's Kenny McLean was the hero for Scotland last night in Euro 2024 qualifying, as his last-gasp winner against Erling Haaland's Norway helped complete a dramatic late comeback for the ages.Manchester City's superstar treble winner Haaland had put the hosts in front with just over 20 minutes remaining in Oslo, leaving Scotland staring at their first defeat of the European Qualifying campaign after openings wins over Spain and Cyprus.But in the 87th minute Lyndon Dykes poked home an equaliser and then substitute McLean popped up two minutes later to stroke home a right-footed shot into the bottom corner from a Dykes lay-off, sending the stunned Tartan Army into raptures.It keeps Scotland's 100 per cent record at the top of Group A intact, ahead of second-place Georgia visiting Hampden on Tuesday night.And 31-year-old matchwinner McLean told Sky Sports: "Goals change games and they did for us.
We were hanging in at the end."The lads who played 90 minutes out there, I don't know how they did it."I was sitting in the dugout sweating.
Just watching it I was knackered."We've worked so hard over the last few weeks, results like this make it worthwhile."We're in a decent position, but we want to be in an even better position.
It's quite hard to put into words just now."It's a good feeling, especially being the winner."The lads did so much, and we made the changes and got some momentum after the first goal."The character to come back from that is outstanding.
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