INVERCLYDE footballer Lewis Morgan claims last night’s goalless draw against Portugal at Hampden showed Scotland can perform against Europe’s ‘top teams’.

The New York Red Bulls winger came off the bench in the second half of a game which saw Steve Clarke’s men defend resolutely against the best efforts of Cristiano Ronaldo and a talented Portuguese side.

The fixture came after three Nations League defeats out of three and on the back of a run of one win in 15 games.

Scotland remain at the bottom of their group ahead of next month’s final double-header in which they will face Croatia and Poland.

Morgan, however, praised the campaign so far and highlighted the positives to be taken.

He said: “When you look at all the games, of course if they haven’t gone our way results-wise, I think with performances, we’ve stood up in every single game and played positive football.

Ronaldo exits the Hampden pitch at full time Ronaldo exits the Hampden pitch at full time (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA) “We have created chances in every game and we feel a little bit aggrieved to only have one point.

“Top, top teams and we’ve definitely shown that we can compete at this level and we’ve got to take confidence from that.

“I think we did a lot of things well, we created chances going forward and we defended the box very well.

“We limited them to crosses from outside areas and I think everyone stood up in the box and made sure that we were getting first contacts on all their crosses.

“The boys showed a resilience and, to the group’s credit, that is what has got us into League A.

“There’s no easy games so it’s a good result. A well-earned point, obviously, against a top side.

“The manager reiterated before the game that there’s no shortcuts to beating a pot-one team or taking points off a pot-one team. And we’ve done that. The boys were excellent.”