McGinn himself was in no doubt that he was fouled by Neil El Aynaoui, but insists Scotland cannot fixate on refereeing calls.
“We could have been helped at times by the ref with 50-50 challenges,” the Aston Villa man said. “No problem with allowing things to flow but it has to be consistent.
“Out the corner of my eye, I could see [the Morocco defender] charging in. I got first contact to the ball and he took me out. It’s a penalty kick for me. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don’t. If it was given on the field, no chance it’s overturned.
“Morocco have got away with one there. But we need to be better and create chances from open play, not rely on referee’s decisions.”
On the Diop yellow card, two former Scotland forwards believe it should have been a different colour of card.
“For me, it is [a red],” Kilmarnock manager Neil McCann said. “Che Adams is goal-side and he’s clearly pulled back. I think with the flight of the ball, he’s going to get onto it and there’s no-one on the cover.”
James McFadden agreed. “He’s running onto it, straight towards goal. It’s 100% an obvious goalscoring opportunity. If the referee deems it a foul, he has to send him off.”
However, former Scotland winger Pat Nevin defended Tantashev’s “bizarre” display.
“You put that referee in a game 10 years ago and he’s perfectly normal,” he said. “I’m all right with that.
“He made a couple of mistakes but, in reality, I’d rather have him than most of the referees we get these days. We’d have a much more robust game where not every single time somebody nudged somebody and that person crumpled, it’s a foul.”
