Watch highlights as Scotland ease past Liechtenstein

Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland in Vaduz

Scotland's June camp is "still disappointing", says head coach Steve Clarke, despite Che Adams' hat-trick and George Hirst's strike delivering a comfortable friendly win over lowly Liechtenstein.

Clarke praised his team's reaction after the 3-1 home humbling by Iceland, but the Scotland boss says Friday's defeat means the feel-good factor has not been fully restored heading into the nation's World Cup qualifiers in September.

After the loss to Iceland followed a disappointing Nations League play-off defeat by Greece in March, the Scots came into this friendly desperately looking for momentum.

But Adams made sure any angst about trying to break down a stuffy side ranked 205th in the world was short-lived though as he slammed home after just four minutes.

The Torino striker then reversed a lovely finish into the bottom corner to give Scotland daylight, after midfielder Lennon Miller forced a mistake on his first Scotland start.

After the break Hirst anticipated well to turn in Adams' flick to notch his first Scotland goal, after Anthony Ralston whipped a ball in from the right.

And as the action was petering out, Adams brought the Tartan Army to their feet when he completed his hat-trick by nodding in Tommy Conway's cross.

Goalkeeper Ross Doohan cut short his holiday to join the squad amid an injury crisis in that position, but was mostly a spectator on his debut.

Now the Scotland squad head off for a rest after a long season, and the focus will quickly turn to the first World Cup qualifier, away to Denmark on 5 September.

"I know my players, I trust my players, we've had a couple of disappointments," Clarke told BBC Scotland. "But they've always shown resilience to come back and do what they can do.

"There's not really a feel-good factor because it's still a disappointing camp. We didn't play as we can play at Hampden [on Friday], so I'm certainly going to carry that on into September.

"There was hurt and anger in the dressing room and hopefully we can harness that and take that into the autumn games."

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Clarke gets positives before World Cup quest

With the mood around the national team a bit edgy, this game had the feel of a no-win situation for Clarke and his players.

Of course they had to win, but they needed a few more positives to come out of it than just that.

Clarke will be pleased to have got a few. Firstly, Adams scoring a treble was a big boost given no Scotland striker had scored for the national side in a year.

Hirst also grabbed an instinctive first international goal, capping a decent two games for the Ipswich striker on his first couple of starts.

There was also the performance of 18-year-old Miller, who although the level of opponent was weaker than the Scottish Premiership sides he faces every week, impressed.

He was crucial in Adams' second goal, with his pressure and then pass, teeing the striker up to give Scotland breathing space.

There were other flashes from him, too. Whether it was a couple of piercing passes into forward players, or one-two combinations out wide to get Scotland moving forward, he was in the thick of the action.

There were also debuts for Andy Irving, Josh Doig, Connor Barron, and Kieron Bowie.

Clarke said these games would have no bearing on how they start the World Cup qualifiers, but the Scotland boss will be grateful to be heading for the holidays on a brighter note.

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