Morrison: We can still qualify

James Morrison is clinging on to the belief that Scotland's World Cup qualification hopes are still alive.

Injustice

There was a sense of injustice in the Scotland camp following the defeat at the Cardiff City Stadium. The penalty which sparked a Welsh comeback - won and converted by Bale after going down in the box under pressure from Shaun Maloney - appeared to be a soft decision and was the subject of debate afterwards. Worse for the Scots was the assistant referee's call to disallow what appeared to be a perfectly good Steven Fletcher goal after ruling Charlie Adam's cross had swung out of play, when television footage appeared to suggest otherwise. Morrison said: "In the first half we created chances. In the second half, Fletcher's goal was a genuine goal. "We've been done by the linesman. I don't know what he has seen. "At 2-0, I think we would have won the game. It's a clear goal so that's probably the main disappointment. "It was really sore. We were cruising going into half-time and then we were a different side coming out. "We played a lot of long balls which didn't work and we let their main player Gareth Bale get on the ball too easily." Morrison's goal was teed up by Steven Fletcher, who earned his first cap since August 2010 after recently resolving a long-running dispute with boss Levein. Both players linked up well at times and Morrison was impressed by the efforts of the on-form Sunderland striker, despite being denied a goal on the night. He said: "In training he has been looking really sharp and his club form has been fantastic. "He didn't score but he worked really hard and created chances."