However, in a dramatic finale, Che Adams, who replaced Lyndon Dykes after the Scots fell behind, helped force an own goal from Kristijan Jakic in the fifth minute of added time, only for VAR to disallow the effort for offside, dealing another blow to the visitors.

Scotland huffed and puffed in the second half, but saw their own house blown in in the second half as Andrej Kramaric - on his 99th appearance for Croatia - reacted quickest to Craig Gordon's parry from Borna Sosa's shot to head home the winner on 70 minutes.

Scotland thought they had rescued a point when Kristijan Jakic beat Che Adams to the ball but only succeeded in prodding it into his own net with the final kick of the game. A lengthy VAR check ensued with Adams deemed to be offside in the build-up.

Here are the talking points from Zagreb as Scotland were denied a last-gasp equaliser against Croatia by VAR, extending their winless

Josko Gvardiol featured for the entirety of Croatia’s 2-1 comeback win over Scotland on Saturday evening. City’s Gvardiol was deployed as a left-sided centre-back in a back three. Despite Croatia dominating possession in the opening half-hour, it was Scotland who took the lead. Ryan Christie fired his nation ahead on 33 minutes.

Josko Gvardiol featured for the entirety of Croatia’s 2-1 comeback win over Scotland on Saturday evening. City’s Gvardiol was deployed as a left-sided centre-back in a back three.Despite Croatia