Manchester United star, Scott McTominay, has accused Georgia’s players of “crying like babies” during a Euro 2024 qualification clash with Scotland.
A fiery contest in Tbilisi delivered 32 fouls and six yellow cards, with unsightly melees breaking out either side of half-time.
The game finished in an entertaining 2-2 draw, with McTominay grabbing Scotland’s first leveller of the night, before Lawrence Shankland rescued a point in stoppage-time.
Georgia did their best to grind out a positive result.
But United midfielder McTominay believes that some of their antics were a “disgrace”.
He feels that the hosts were attempting to influence the referee with behaviour that should not be seen on an international football field.
McTominay told Viaplay afterwards: “Every game at this level is big.
“Obviously they have got some really, really good footballers.
“But tonight, I thought the way they were acting was a disgrace in terms of provoking the referee as well.
“Anyway, that’s football and that’s sometimes the way it goes.
“We have to keep our heads but it’s difficult.
“There’s some disappointed people in the dressing room.
“But I feel like it’s something we can build on after coming back twice.
“They should do something about people pretending that they’re injured when they’re not.
“It’s a difficult one to call but rolling around, crying like babies all afternoon is not football.
“For us we just wanted to get on with the game and play and do our best.
“Whereas the other side was provoking the referee a lot”.
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However, Scotland have already booked their tickets to next summer’s European Championship in Germany.
But they want to finish their qualification campaign in style and have one more outing against Norway to take in on Sunday.
