Steve Clarke in tetchy Austin MacPhee spat shutdown as Scotland boss asks 'is that a serious question?'
dailyrecord.co.ukSteve Clarke insists he and Austin MacPhee are fine after a touchline bust up in Munich.The Scotland set piece coach felt his boss' wrath after a particularly inept free-kick routine left Clarke fizzing.
Chasing the game in the second half at 4-0 down, a chance to put the ball in the German box was ditched in favour of playing short, which allowed Julian Nagelsmann's side to win possession and launch another counter attack Scotland managed to survive.The cameras caught Clarke turning to MacPhee with his arms outstretched in exasperation, asking his set piece guru why he'd seen what he'd just seen.
As the game ticked towards stoppage time, Andy Robertson used a similar opportunity to send in a cross, that eventually saw Scott McKenna's header diverted into his own net by Antonio Rudiger for a consolation.
Ant repairs to the goal difference damage were undone soon after however, as the hosts added a fifth to have the final say in Munich.When asked about it in his pre-match briefing, Clarke took umbrage with the question and spikily answereed that he couldn't even remember the exchange.
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