Playing alongside Forrest is a dream, says team-mate Ryan Christie
Ryan Christie admitted the form of the "unplayable'' James Forrest had helped make his own transition to competitive international football "easy''.
Christie delivered assists for Forrest in both of Scotland's decisive Nations League victories over Albania and Israel as Alex McLeish's men topped their group to seal a guaranteed Euro 2020 play-off spot.
The Celtic midfielder carried his recent club form into his first two competitive Scotland starts but he was full of praise for Forrest - who hit five goals in two games - and Ryan Fraser outside him and Steven Fletcher ahead of him. The latter two got the other goals as Scotland struck seven in four days.
The former Inverness player said: "It's easy for me when you've got the likes of Jamesy Forrest and Ryan outside me and Fletch up top is a pleasure to play off, his touch and awareness is brilliant.
"Jamesy was on a different level so it's easy for me to come in and keep feeding them. Jamesy took his finishes superbly.
"He is brilliant. When you have got him on form like he is just now, he is unplayable at times.
"He can pick up the ball in any area of the park and takes players on. He is always so positive and it makes our job easier to keep feeding the ball to him.''
Christie was not just the benefactor of the form of the three goalscorers but also a major contributory factor in Scotland's triumph.
The 23-year-old catapulted himself into McLeish's side with three goals in his past five club games along with a mature display in Celtic's Europa League win over RB Leipzig.
The creative player finally looks like getting a run in Brendan Rodgers' team after spending almost 18 months on loan at Aberdeen, and McLeish will be willing him to stay in and around the Celtic side after he added panache and an end product to the national team.
"Obviously international football comes from your form at club level so that's what I will be looking to do,'' Christie said.
"The games come so thick and fast these days that it's hard to look beyond the next game. You just need to keep concentrating at club level and hopefully that pushes you on to the international stage.'