POR 2-1 SCO Highlights, UEFA Nations League: Ronaldo scores winner as Portugal beats Scotland

Bruno Fernandes and substitute Cristiano Ronaldo are on target as Portugal beat Scotland in the UEFA Nations League.

Scotland has five minutes to turn the game around.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 901st goal as he taps in Nuno Mendes’s curling cross. Portugal takes the lead for the first time in this match.

Ronaldo leaps and sends a looping header towards the goal. The attempt hits the post and is cleared by the Scotland before it crosses the line. Just before this, Gunn pulled off an important double save to keep the scoreline unchanged.

It’s Chelsea man Joao Felix who steps onto the pitch, replacing Rafael Leao, who was quite impactful in the first half.

The Manchester United takes a shot from distance. The attempt bounces a couple of time in front of Gunn as he is just able to get a few fingertips on it, enough to help push it inside the goal.

With Ronaldo on the pitch now, Portugal will hope to find the man inside the box as the second half gets underway.

Cristiano Ronaldo is brought on in place of Pedro Neto. Ruben Neves also comes on Joao Palhinha.

Scott McTominay’s header remains the difference between the two sides as the referee blows the whistle for halftime.

The AC Milan winger, this time, cuts in to the middle of the park, charges towards the box and lets off an angled, grounded right-footed shot that is millimetres away from the goal!

Ryan Christie is shown a yellow card for a challenge on Nuno Mendes.

Scotland has been sitting back for the most of the game ever since it broke the deadlock. Bruno Fernandes tries his luck from distance. Diogo Jota bends down to send a looping header towards goal that is saved by Gunn. Efforts are underway from Roberto Martinez’s men.

Rafael Leao is consistently being a threat from the left channel, and this time, his shot forces Gunn to spring into action, as the goalie dives to his right and thwarts the thumping shot.

While Scotland is still pushing and knocking on its opponent’s box when it can, it is Portugal with more of the ball after it conceded the lead. The front three is putting constant pressure on the Scottish backline.

The speedy winger drops his shoulders and leaves a lot of white shirts in his wake, but his shot only rattles the side netting.

Scott McTominay finds no Portuguese shirt marking him as he gets a free header courtesy of a fine whipped in cross from McLean.

The match is underway at the Estadio do Benfica in Lisbon.

It’s medio Bernardo Silva leading Portugal ahead of kickoff as both sides make their way out of the tunnel.

Portugal: Costa (GK), Mendes, Silva, Dias, Semedo, Bernardo Silva, Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Leao, Jota, Neto

Scotland: Gunn (GK), Robertson, McKenna, Hanley, Ralston, McLean, Gilmour, McGinn, McTominay, Christie, Dykes