Ex-international Don Hutchison has fumed over Scott McTominay's role in Scotland's midfield, insisting he was deployed too deep against Morocco.
Positioned in the middle of the park alongside Lewis Ferguson and John McGinn, the Napoli star was largely ineffective for most of the game at Gillette Stadium, following on from his sub-par showing against Haiti last week.
Now, former Liverpool, West Ham United and Everton midfielder Hutchison has had his say on the 29-year-old's performance.
On social media platform X, the 55-year-old said, "Could do a 20min analysis on Scott McTominay picking the ball up off the back 3. If I was playing, I'd be telling him to f**k off higher up the pitch. McLean, McGinn, Ferguson etc can all get the ball deep.
"It either comes from the coach or the players to tell him!!"
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An early goal from Bayern Munich-bound Ismael Saibari was enough to secure the African Cup of Nations champions a 1-0 win over Steve Clarke's side, despite Scotland pushing for an equaliser in the latter stages.
Elsewhere in Group C, Brazil defeated Haiti 3-0 in Pennsylvania, thanks to a brace from Matheus Cunha, as well as a goal from Vinicius Junior.
Scotland next face Brazil on Wednesday in Miami.
