Andy Robertson: Scotland captain wins a hundredth cap

Andy Robertson says reaching 100 Scotland caps “means every little thing to me” after he hit the milestone within the Nations League win in North Macedonia.

Goals by Kieron Bowie and John McGinn ensured the Scots recorded their first win beneath new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli and gave the captain a victory to make his flagship look.

“It means every little thing to me, it means every little thing to my household,” Tottenham Hotspur’s Robertson advised BBC Sport Scotland. “I’ve been away now 100 occasions… I’ve obtained to really feel sorry for my spouse!

“It’s been an unbelievable journey, I keep in mind my first recreation and it has been a course of since then. It’s emotional for me. I like this nation, there’s just one individual earlier than me within the males’s recreation to try this, it is a fairly particular achievement.”

That individual is Kenny Dalglish. Robertson is now simply two caps behind his fellow Liverpool legend and will eclipse him throughout November’s Scotland double-header.

“I assumed Kenny was gonna be fearful about his goalscoring document within the first 5 minutes as a result of I had about six pictures,” Robertson stated of the early phases of Saturday’s recreation in Skopje.

“The squad did a pleasant presentation for me, however I advised them I needed the win. The lads did so nicely and it will be a particular one for me and my household.”

Robertson has been a continuing presence since Gordon Strachan gave him his Scotland debut in 2014 when he was a fresh-faced left-back with Dundee United.

He has outlined a technology of the Scotland nationwide workforce however what do the numbers inform us about his global profession?