Scotland manager Gordon Strachan was immensely proud of his side following their hard-fought 1-0 win over Republic of Ireland on Friday night.
Shaun Maloney scored a stunning 74th-minute goal, which came from a training ground set-play at a corner, to separate the sides in their Euro2016 qualifier at Celtic Park which prompted plenty of positive words from Strachan.
When asked if he was proud of his players, Strachan said: "I am because that was an epic dual that.
"From early in the game we knew what was going to happen but we dealt with it most of the time. We tried to get on the ball and play. They're a big strong side, great professionals and well organised.
"We knew it was going to be hard. We had a smaller front three but we kept persevering, trying to play and eventually from a Stuart McCall corner kick we scored a goal."
The win has Scotland sitting fourth on the Group D table with seven points from four matches while Ireland lost for the first time to drop to third below group leaders Poland and second-placed Germany.
