John Souttar said Scotland fans were entitled to boo off the side after a “poor” all-round display in the 3-1 home defeat to Iceland.
The Rangers centre-back’s header levelled the friendly match at Hampden, but an abject performance from Steve Clarke’s men resulted in a sobering loss.
A number of the near 33,000 crowd launched into boos on both the half-time and full-time whistles.
Goalkeeper Cieran Slicker endured a nightmare debut after replacing the injured Angus Gunn in the opening stages, but many of the Scotland team failed to reach their standards and Souttar preferred to focus on the general display.
“Look, the result was collective,” said the defender. “I don’t think any of us could say we were great in the game. So it’s on all of us. Everyone’s got to take responsibility
“It was the exact opposite of what we wanted to happen. We wanted to start the game fast, press high, dominate the ball, and I think we were poor.
“Games like this at Hampden, we want to dominate, we want to press high and get the crowd on our side and we didn’t do that.
“You don’t want to be part of that, but the fans have paid their money and they can boo if they want.
“When we win, they’re behind us so it’s part and parcel of football.”
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