The Sun
The English tabloid were full of praise for their heroes after they rescued a draw against Scotland on Saturday.
They reckon Joe Hart should have saved Leigh Griffiths’ first free kick but they believe they have their captain of the future in Harry Kane.
Evening Standard
London’s Evening Standard viewed Scotland as being broken-hearted. And they’d be right.
Before the game you’d have bitten their hand off if they offered a 2-2 draw but by the time Kane fired in an equaliser it was more of a nightmare than a dream scenario.
Marca
Our Spanish friends laud Scotland’s super striker and his magic goals and were full of praise for the ‘the rustic, up-and-at-’em nature of the hosts’
They sum up the finale perfectly when they say ‘the points were shared and Glasgow left proud but stunned.’
Mirror.co.uk
Our sister title felt it would have been an embarrassment for England if Kane hadn’t taken advantage of some poor defending to grab an equaliser.
With a population 10 times the size and England unbeaten in qualifiers since 2009, he might have a point.
CBS Sports
The biggest broadcasting network in America have lavished praise on the match between Scotland and England.
They are carrying a story on their website which highlights the thrilling end to the World Cup qualifier.
ESPN
ESPN felt it was a famous victory that was denied when Kane knocked home the late equaliser.
It would have been the first time since a 1-0 win in 1999 that Scotland had beaten the Auld Enemy.
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Daily Express
“Just when Scotland thought they had a new hero called Leigh Griffiths” is the leading line from the Express, and boy did it feel good when he smashed home his free kicks.
But as they rightly said it was back to the drawing board as England’s own golden boy popped up at the right time to end Scottish hopes.
BBC
The BBC went along similar lines to The Mirror and thought it would have been an embarrassment if Scotland had managed to hold onto the lead and secure the points.
GOAL.com
A missed opportunity for a famous victory for Scotland was a running theme and GOAL went down a similar route.
Late drama that saw Scotland take a shock lead before dropping points in the last minute really was an opportunity lost for Gordon Strachan’s men.
AU.com
Australia’s biggest sports website were full of praise for Scotland’s brave performance against England.
“Griffiths caressing another free-kick inside the opposite post”, is how they the described the Celtic striker’s’ second goal.
That sounded perfect before Kane changed everything with the equaliser.
The Telegraph
“Harry Kane to the rescue” suggests the Telegraph reckon it would have been a huge embarrassment for Southgate’s men to lose to Scotland.
You’d have to think it wasn’t great for England to even drop points the way they are going on and with a squad full of Premier League players it would be true.
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