Celtic stalwart Callum McGregor recorded some impressive statistics during Scotland's 1-1 Group A draw against Switzerland on Wednesday evening.

And having made the headlines this week following Graeme Souness' analysis of his performance in Scotland's 5-1 defeat to Germany last Friday, these numbers could be considered a case of actions speaking louder than words – at least as far as replies are concerned.

As shared by stats site DataRef, McGregor provided the assist for Scott McTominay's opener in Cologne, while also committing zero fouls over the course of the match and completing 34 out 36 passes attempted.

In his post-match analysis last Friday, Souness referred to the 31-year-old as the "Celtic captain" with targeted criticism, thereafter drawing the ire of the Paradise faithful.

In a subsequent radio grilling, the pundit claimed he'd momentarily forgotten the 31-year-old's surname.

McGregor had barely finished celebrating Scotland's goal against Switzerland when the official Celtic X account (formerly Twitter) sent a tongue-in-cheek barb in Souness' direction, and The Celtic Way's Tony Haggerty wrote about how, for him, the former Rangers player's reasoning didn't wash.

McGregor has long cited the footballing cliche of 'doing your talking on the pitch' at club level, and it would seem the same applies in this instance for the Scotland national team.

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Now, Scotland turn their full attention to Sunday's must-win encounter with Hungary in Stuttgart as they target qualification to the competition's round of 16 knockout stage by qualifying from Group A in third place.