Scotland withstand Greek attacks in epic comeback

Lewis Ferguson netted his first Scotland goal as Steve Clarke's side came from behind to beat Greece 3-1 and maintain their promising start to their World Cup qualifying campaign.

- GAVIN MCCAFFERTY

Scotland were outplayed before Kostas Tsimikas fired the visitors into a 62nd-minute lead at Hampden. But Ryan Christie levelled within two minutes following his own corner and Ferguson marked his 19th cap with a goal 10 minutes from time as Scotland capitalised on another set-piece.

Substitute Lyndon Dykes capped the comeback in stoppage-time as he pounced on a goalkeeping blunder as Scotland kept pace with Group C leaders Denmark and moved four points ahead of their opponents.

Scotland could move out of sight of Greece on Sunday when they host Belarus and their opponents travel to Denmark.

There were some negatives for Scotland as Christie and Ferguson picked up a suspension and Aaron Hickey suffered what appeared to be an injury to his left hamstring as he continues his comeback after 20 months out of first-team action.

The visitors won 3-0 at Hampden in March in the Nations League playoffs and they quickly took control of this game. Vangelis Pavlidis missed an open goal when he failed to connect properly with a pass across the face of goal.