McGinn went close to an opener before the interval, his shot blocked by a flailing Stefan Strandberg, before the half closed with Jack Hendry sighing in relief. McGinn stabbed it into the danger area and Ørjan Nyland rose to clutch the ball. A McTominay corner from the left fizzed in and out of Norway’s area and his side claimed a second kick, this time on the right. The contest had warmed and Scotland counterpunched. Ola Solbakken, marauding down the left, was more precise: up went a cross that invited Alexander Sørloth to head past Angus Gunn but he found only the goalkeeper. Lyndon Dykes pokes home Scotland’s equaliser in Norway. The right-back lifted the ball in Haaland’s general direction but his radar was awry. A first flowing Norway move had Patrick Berg feeding Martin Ødegaard who found the overlapping Julian Ryerson. Twice this nearly occurred as Scotland escaped. In 33C pitchside heat the strategy was to sit and ask Stale Solbakken’s men to try to dismantle them.
The prize for the visitors was mastery of their destiny if they left with a victory that, due to it coming on the road, would be as precious as the downing of Spain last time out at Hampden Park. Against a team like Norway, his physicality was good.
Of Dykes’s goal and assist, he said: “He never lets his country down. We stay top of the group, which is nice.” The boys believe in themselves and kept going and dug themselves out of a tight corner. Well, he has such a result now.Ī delighted Clarke said: “When it’s your moment you just have to ride the wave. After the victories against Cyprus and Spain (aggregate: 5-0), Clarke talked of how achieving a result on the road against a foe such as Norway would mark further development in his project.
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