Steve Clarke admits international window was a 'failure' despite Armenia win
The national side finished off the camp with a 4-1 win over Armenia
Steve Clarke admits Scotland's international window has been a 'failure' despite finishing it off with a comfortable win over Armenia.
Stuart Armstrong hit a double as the national side overcame a difficult start to beat their nine-man opponents 4-1.
Scotland fell behind early on in Yerevan and endured some anxious moments after Armstrong's quickfire equaliser.
But the midfielder netted in first-half stoppage time, moments after Arman Hovhannisyan had committed two yellow-card offences in the space of five seconds, and Scotland made the most of their advantage.
John McGinn and Che Adams were on target early in the second half as Scotland sealed six points from their opening three Nations League games before the hosts had another man sent off in stoppage time.
Scotland boss Steve Clarke had been left scratching his head over his side's 3-0 defeat in Dublin on Saturday and three of his defenders did not make the 2,500-mile journey - skipper Andy Robertson, John Souttar and Scott McKenna.
It came at the end of a window that saw a devastating defeat at the hands of Ukraine to end Scotland's World Cup hopes.
The national side then beat Armenia 2-0 at Hampden before being embarrassed by Ireland in a 3-0 loss in Dublin.
After the win in Yerevan, Clarke said: "It was a difficult schedule for the players but we haven't made excuses. There is no excuses for the two games we lost.
"Two wins against Armenia are not going to make this international camp a good camp because it wasn't.
"We failed in our primary objective which was to get to the World Cup. We failed in that."
He continued: "We had a really bad performance in Dublin which put us on the back foot again. So it's nice to bounce back tonight but there's work to do.
"It was a game we wanted to win, it was a game we probably had to win, although not necessarily if you look at it mathematically.
"It puts us in a position where we can go to September and have a realistic chance of topping the group and that's what we wanted."