Steve Clarke spoke of his ache after Scotland misplaced 4-0 to the Netherlands of their pleasant encounter in Amsterdam which served as the begin of preparations for Euro 2024.
The guests began effectively and hit the aim body by means of Ryan Christie however the Dutch took the lead 5 minutes from the break with a Tijjani Reijnders drive.
Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland hit the bar in the 62nd minute with solely goalkeeper Mark Flekken to beat they usually had been made to pay 10 minutes later when Georginio Wijnaldum headed in a second.
Goals from substitutes Wout Weghorst and Donyell Malen in the 84th and 86th minutes then made it six video games with no win for the Scots, with 18 targets conceded forward of the pleasant against Northern Ireland at Hampden Park on Tuesday night time.
Scotland haven’t gone six matches with no win since a run from October 2007 to September 2008 and Clarke mentioned: “We lost 4-0 which is painful.
“The players are suffering and I am suffering but there was lot of good stuff, we were very competitive with a good Dutch team for 70 minutes.
“It’s a lot of goals (18) and if you concede that amount of goals you are not going to win games.
“We spoke about it before so obviously we know we have to tighten up.
“The reaction to the second goal so probably something we need to think about, how we dig in and show we are hard to beat and if it finishes 2-0 it finishes 2-0.
“We have to be a bit more streetwise against the top teams and they are a top team.
“I didn’t say a lot after it, when emotions are as high as they are after a sore defeat it is better to go back to the hotel.
“I will sit with my staff, analyse the game and try to prepare something that we can show to the players tomorrow.
“No wins in six so we have to stop that on Tuesday night.
“But there is a lot to be positive about. People can look at the scoreline and go negative, that’s up to them.
“For 70 minutes… really competitive against a top side, we can take a lot from that. We have to analyse the last 20 minutes or so and look to do better.”
There had been a clamour for Shankland to begin and regardless of his evident miss, Clarke gave his backing to the Hearts captain.
He mentioned: “He’s a striker, people forget strikers miss a lot as well as score a lot of goals, they gave to be in the right position and do the right thing.
“Lawrence will score goals in the future.
“I thought his all-round play was good, he didn’t let his side down.”
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