Scotland manager Steve Clarke admitted he couldn't believe his side were not awarded a penalty for an incident involving Lyndon Dykes during the 2-1 defeat in Turkey.
A sluggish start to the game saw Ozan Kabak take advantage of Grant Hanley's poor defending to head the hosts into a 1-0 lead, and their misery was compounded just after the break when Cengiz Under raced into space to coolly slot past Craig Gordon. Yet when John McGinn pulled one back on the hour mark with a world-class driving run and a rifled finish into the bottom corner, Scotland stepped their game up with more intensity.
Dykes then saw a shout for a penalty turned down as he held his back to goal moments after the Aston Villa midfielder's strike, with goalscorer Kabak smashing in the QPR striker him and knocking the Scotland star to the ground. However, the referee waved away protests and with no VAR checks in operation during the friendly encounter Clarke was mystified as his side searched for a draw in their last game of 2022.
Clarke told BBC Sportsound "We had some moments, and obviously couldn't get the equaliser, although as I mentioned earlier, when you look at the penalty incident, it is a clear penalty. Why it isn't given I don't know.
"On the flip side, I think when Stuart (Armstrong) went down on the edge of the box, it wasn't a foul and they scored from the counter off that. I would've liked the penalty to be honest!"
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