Was McTominay’s overhead kick the third best goal for Scotland on the night?

No offense to Lawrence Shankland, but we’ll quickly ignore his goal. From a yard out he stabbed Lewis Ferguson’s corner over the goal line to send Scotland fans back to dreamland, if only briefly.

Denmark quickly equalized and there was an agonizing wait for Kieran Tierney to score another goal.

The game entered the second minute of stoppage time – and it looked like Scotland would face qualifying doom – when the ball fell to the makeshift right-back, who slotted the ball past Celtic team-mate Kasper Schmeichel.

A goal from heaven, from a man who has suffered greatly since the summer of 2024 when his Euro career ended due to a hamstring injury.

“This could not have happened for a more positive player going through such difficult times,” Stewart said. “This is just pure class.”

And Coach Clarke was very pleased with the identity of the man who scored the goal that took Scotland to the top of the mountain.

“I spoke to Kieran before the first game,” Clark said. “He’s a key player for me, one of my guys.

“I said ‘Listen, Aaron Hickey can’t play back-to-back games, I can see you coming in at right-back and doing very well for us.’

“I’m not sure I was imagining the goal, but when I got to it with his left foot, I knew he was going to score.”