RYAN CHRISTIE has backed Oli McBurnie to break his Scotland duct.
The striker started up front in this afternoon’s 1-0 defeat to Slovakia in the Nations League.
He missed two gilt-edged chances throughout the first-half and has now made 14 international appearances without finding the back of the net.
But Celtic ace Christie says it’s a ‘matter of time’ before the Sheffield United ace nets his first Scotland goal.
He said: “It’s only a matter of time before Oli gets on the scoresheet. We see it every day in training when he comes away.
“He was unlucky today with the header and especially the chance in the first half when the boy gets a great block on him.
“But it’s only a matter of time before Oli gets on the scoresheet and I think everybody knows that.”
Christie was emotional following the dramatic play-off win over Serbia on Thursday.
And he admits the party that followed wasn’t ideal preparation for this afternoon’s match in Trnava.
He added: “The party went on until the early hours after the previous game as expected and it was a quick turnaround so it probably not the best preparation going into this game but listen, the other night was a history making night so we had to make the most of it.
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“We are disappointed not to win.
“We had a vision of coming here and topping the group today but we will have to do it on Wednesday night.
“We wanted take it into our own hands and put it down on paper that we were the ones who wanted to top the group.
“Forgetting the other results, that’s our aim on Wednesday night.
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“It will be tough, we have played them plenty of times and every single time it has been neck and neck but we are still confident even though we are frustrated in defeat tonight.”
“There are plenty of positives to take and it’s still a great performance going forward so we will take that into Wednesday and hopefully we can top the group.”
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