Gordon Strachan says Scotland are still seeking tradmark style

Gordon Strachan admits his Scotland side is still seeking a style of their own after he saw them slip to a surprise 1-0 defeat against Georgia.

The visitors were uncharacteristically flat in Tbilisi and fell behind to Valeri Kazaishvili's goal eight minutes before the break then struggled to find a way back into the contest.

It was the second time the away side have suffered such a significant blow in Georgia in the European Qualifiers, having lost 2-0 there in 2007 - a result which effectively ended their hopes of a finals appearance the following summer.

Scotland now have to get back on track in Monday's home meeting against world champions Germany with their manager Strachan ruing the position they now find themselves in.

Losing their latest game means Ireland have overtaken them in Group D after they won at Gibraltar while Germany are five points ahead of them having beaten Poland, themselves already three points ahead of the Scots.

Strachan told Sky Sports: "What is the real Scotland? I'll have to find out exactly what that is. As far as I'm concerned just now, we do not have a trademark style of play.

"We're looking for that and we've been looking for it for a long time. We did more than enough not to get beaten but not enough to win the game.

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"There was never any real problem with the game. We felt really comfortable, we did what we had to do and made sure there was nothing exciting going on about our box in the first half hour.

"We were a couple of yards short on a few passes to put us through for really good opportunities and their goal was their first strike on goal.

"It's vital you don't give away the first goal against a team that's quite used to defending and they were hard to break down. We weren't far away at times but we just didn't have that final touch.

"You have to take people on and try to play and we tried that but it wasn't there. The final pass was out by a foot or two but the players turned up.

"They tried to pass the ball and to be inventive. They tried as much as they can and that's all you can ask. They gave us what they've got and unfortunately on the night the final pass was short."

Strachan wouldn't say the game against Germany is now a must-win affair but he did admit a point is the minimum requirement.

"I would think we have to pick up something," he added. "We are still there so we'll get over the disappointment and we've got to bring that into a good performance."