Monday 27 March 2017 14:10, UK
Celtic midfielder Stuart Armstrong was delighted to mark his international debut for Scotland by playing a key role in their crucial World Cup Qualifier win over Slovenia.
Armstrong, who turns 25 this week, set up Chris Martin's late winner at Hampden Park with a positive and skilful piece of play ahead of collecting the man-of-the-match award.
"It's a proud moment to hold this. It's a proud moment for my family, who were here to watch as well," he said. "To cap that off with three points is great."
Asked about his late intervention to set up forward Martin for a precious 88th-minute strike, he said: "It feels good but what feels better is to have contributed in a positive way to three points, which we needed to put us in a very good position in the group.
"It was back and forth at that stage, both teams looking for that breakaway.
"Kech (Ikechi Anya) has made a really good run on the outside just to drag that defender and Chris has held a really good position in the box and has done brilliantly to turn and finish."
The win revived Scotland's World Cup qualifying hopes, putting them two points off Slovakia in second place in Group F and moving them to within a point of previously-unbeaten Slovenia, who had kept three consecutive clean sheets.
Scotland host England on June 10 and will approach that game with fresh hope after Martin's late clincher.
Asked how he views the group, Armstrong said: "Optimistically, we are in a good position. We have done really well to bolster our chances and we'll be ready positive going into the next game.
"I think everyone knew it was a must-win and we delivered. From the start, we were creating a lot of chances, dominated the game and got what we deserved."
The late goal probably kept manager Gordon Strachan in a job ahead of the visit of England and Armstrong added: "We had trained well all week, there was a good atmosphere, and it's important sometimes to stay positive when things aren't going the way you want them to. And I think we responded really well."
The midfielder can now surely look forward to many more caps after a late start to his full international career, but he was typically unassuming.
The part-time law student said: "I don't like to speculate too much but I'll keep plugging away at Celtic and see what happens."
