Denmark star fumes after ‘freak goal’ in ‘f***ing ridiculous’ Scotland loss

Denmark defender Joachim Andersen could scarcely believe what happened as his team were beaten 4-2 by Scotland in a ‘f***ing ridiculous’ match.

The Scots topped their World Cup qualifying group and are heading to next summer’s tournament after the dramatic win over the Danes in the final and vital game.

Only a win was enough for Scotland to leapfrog Denmark and claim top spot, with the beaten team having to settle for a place in the World Cup qualifying play-offs.

The unpredictable contest started in wild fashion as Scott McTominay put the home said ahead with a stunning bicycle kick after three minutes.

Rasmus Hojlund equalised from the penalty spot just before the hour mark then there were three minutes of wild swings in emotion.

Lawrence Shankland put the Scots back ahead on 78 minutes only for Patrick Dorgu to equalise again to silence Hampden.

There was anything but silence in injury time, though, as Kieran Tierney curled in a brilliant goal and then Kenny McLean spied Kasper Schmeichel off his line and completed a crazy night by scoring from the centre circle.

Denmark’s World Cup dream is not over, but Fulham’s Andersen was emotional after the loss, not holding back in his reaction.

Not only were the Danes beaten in Glasgow, but were held to a draw by Belarus at the weekend, when a win would have guaranteed top spot.

‘I’m incredibly sad. The results we’ve delivered in the last two games are laughable,’ he told TV2. ‘I’m just disappointed. I’m disappointed. I think we played a good game. They score a freak goal. He’ll never score a goal like that again in his career.

‘Of course it’s difficult when we get the red card. And we fall behind and come back. And then we make such stupid mistakes. That should never happen. I don’t know what to say. It’s just disappointing and f***ing ridiculous.’

Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner was scathing of the Denmark team after picking up just one point from the two crucial matches.

‘On the ball it has been ok, but the rest has been bad, so I think there is a lot missing across the board,’ he said. ‘It looks like a team I don’t recognise in these two games. Both in quality and in coherence. In the play in the chains. In leadership.

‘I’m really looking for it and trying to be positive, but for Denmark to get one point over two games and finish 4-2 here… We have to look ourselves in the mirror and say that it’s simply not good enough.

‘I’m sure there’s an entire locker room sitting there saying “What went wrong?” And they have to evaluate that. It’s simply been too poor.’

Denmark manager Brian Riemer labelled Scotland ‘a team worse than ourselves’ and took the blame for losing to them.

‘I take responsibility 100 percent on my shoulders,’ he said. ‘There is nothing to argue about. We met a team that is worse than ourselves today, and we have to beat them.

‘It is deeply disappointing to stand here. We have to admit that we have not qualified for the World Cup, and that was the goal. We did not succeed in that in the first place. It is clear that it is deeply disappointing.

‘We did a lot of things right from start to finish. Apart from the Scots having a few miracle shots, we made too many mistakes compared to what is allowed to be done if you are going to go out and win a match like this. There would have been no doubt about the outcome if we had not made them – as we did today. The mistakes are so costly that the outcome was what it was.’

Which teams are in the qualifying play-off?

Four countries will come through the play-off round, which features 16 nations.

The draw takes place on Thursday November 20 and the games are played in March.

The seeded teams are: Italy, Denmark, Türkiye, Ukraine, Poland, Wales, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The unseeded teams are: Republic of Ireland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Romania, Sweden, North Macedonia and Northern Ireland.