Who ‘battled impressively’ for Scots? And how did you rate players?

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Who ‘battled impressively’ for Scots? And how did you rate players?

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ByAndy Burke

BBC Sport Scotland at Hampden
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Scotland were well beaten by Switzerland in their second Nations League match, as the visitors cruised to victory in Sebastian Pocognoli’s first home game in charge.

Jack Hendry’s 11th-minute red card proved too much for the Scots to overcome as they fell to a 3-0 defeat.

Here’s how we rated Scotland’s players – and you can give your marks below.

Angus Gunn – Beaten on his side of the goal by Ricardo Rodriguez’s powerful free-kick for the opening goal. Good saves either side of half-time to deny Ndoye, but beaten by power again for Zeki Amdouni’s third goal. 4

Jack Hendry – Roasted for pace by Dan Ndoye and clumsily brought the striker down to earn a deserved red card, leaving Scotland down to 10 early on. 2

Luis Binks – Brondby defender’s first act was a rash late tackle. Slow to close down Ndoye and prevent the cross that set up Nico Elvedi for Switzerland’s second goal, but otherwise did not look out of place. 5

Scott McKenna – The majority of the Swiss threats came from wide but defender dealt with most of what came his way. 6

Nathan Patterson – Had his hands full with the pacy Ndoye down Switzerland’s left. Struggled to make any impression as an attacking force. 5

Andy Robertson – Usual willingness to get up and down the left flank yielded little reward on his 99th Scotland appearance. 6

Lewis Ferguson – A few timely interventions on the edge of his own box, but saw little of the ball as the Swiss midfield took firm control. 5

Billy Gilmour – Looked most likely to make something happen for Scotland in early stages but faded as the Swiss took control and hooked before the hour mark. 5

John McGinn – Struggled to influence the game in the way we know he can. Scotland need to find a way to get him into the positions where he can do some damage. 5

Kieron Bowie – Sacrificed early for Stephen Welsh following Hendry’s red card. 5

Oli McBurnie – Battled impressively as a lone striker after Bowie’s departure and caused problems for the Swiss defence. 7

Subs:

Stephen Welsh (Bowie 13′) – Brought on to shore up defence after Hendry’s red card. Played his part in steadying the ship before Switzerland doubled their lead. 6

Ryan Christie (Gilmour 59′) – Got half an hour but made little impression. 5

Ben Gannon-Doak (Patterson 59′) – Spent most of his time chasing back towards his own goal. 5

Robbie Ure (McBurnie 59′) – Got no service to work with. 5

Josh Doig (Robertson 74′) – Subbed on when the Swiss had all but killed off the game. 5

Subs not used: Scott Bain, Liam Kelly, Aaron Hickey, Luke Graham, Lennon Miller, Josh McPake, Kristi Montgomery.

How did you rate the players?

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Player of the match

Number: 4 N. Elvedi

Average rating 7.03
Number: 9 O. McBurnie

Average Rating: 5.81

Number: 8 B. Gilmour

Average Rating: 5.15

Number: 19 L. Ferguson

Average Rating: 4.69

Number: 4 L. Binks

Average Rating: 4.61

Number: 5 S. Welsh

Average Rating: 4.37

Number: 3 A. Robertson

Average Rating: 4.35

Number: 16 S. McKenna

Average Rating: 4.15

Number: 7 J. McGinn

Average Rating: 4.13

Number: 17 B. Gannon-Doak

Average Rating: 4.10

Number: 22 N. Patterson

Average Rating: 3.87

Number: 20 K. Bowie

Average Rating: 3.77

Number: 10 R. Ure

Average Rating: 3.77

Number: 6 J. Doig

Average Rating: 3.74

Number: 1 A. Gunn

Average Rating: 3.65

Number: 11 R. Christie

Average Rating: 3.52

Number: 13 J. Hendry

Average Rating: 1.89

After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.

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