<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Germany ran out 3-2 winners against Scotland on Monday in a tightly-contested Group D encounter in Glasgow, with Bayern Munich star Thomas MA?ller scoring a brace and continuing his remarkable goal-scoring form</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Following an unexpected 1-0 loss to Georgia last Friday, Scotland needed a positive result at home to Germany to give themselves a solid chance of qualifying for the 2016 European Championships in France next summer.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Unfortunately for Gordon Strachan's men, the Germans were able to see off the Scots at Hampden and take a step closer to qualification despite a stubborn display from the hosts. Joachim L w's men were pegged back twice before Dortmund star lkay GA?ndoAYan slotted in expertly from a clever cut-back by Thomas MA?ller in the 54th minute to win the game for the Germans.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Thomas MA?ller the star, while Scotland put on a brave display against the world champions</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">With the brace at Hampden, Thomas MA?ller has now scored eight times for club and country so far this season in just five games, and was understandably shown a lot of love by fans on social media for his man-of-the-match performance on Monday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Gordon Strachan's men also received praise for giving the Germans a run for their money, although some took exception to the line-up the 58-year-old named for the Group D encounter. Others saw the silver lining -- the fact that Scotland can still qualify if they were to get a win and a draw against Gilbraltar and Poland and if the Republic of Ireland were to lose to both Germany and Poland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Thanks to MA?ller, the Germans are now on the brink of automatic qualification from their group and will be extremely pleased with how the international break has gone for them.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anything Thomas Muller can't do on a football field? Different gravy.</p> a Craig Burley (@CBurleyESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBurleyESPN/status/640986781723267072">September 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> How does Muller score so many goals and make if look so easy a WeAreChelseaFC (@WeAreChelseaFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeAreChelseaFC/status/640985135702245380">September 7, 2015</a> </blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Muller is the most underrated player in the world, goalmachine</p> a Ziad Kadado (@ZiadK8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZiadK8/status/640978556932100097">September 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> What a player Muller is a Sam (@samuelJayC) <a href="https://twitter.com/samuelJayC/status/640968134501994496">September 7, 2015</a> </blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Not saying it would have made a difference 2nite but how different would Scotland team look if form players, not GS favourites, were picked?</p> a Mark Donaldson (@DonaldsonESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldsonESPN/status/641009041444065281">September 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> Just seen the Scotland vs. ?Y Y replays from the European Qualifiers. Scotland's 2nd goal was class! Unlucky Scotland . <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamGB?src=hash">#TeamGB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroQualifiers?src=hash">#EuroQualifiers</a> a Nick Gilmour (@Nick_Gilmour) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nick_Gilmour/status/641153217166970880">September 8, 2015</a> </blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">If Rep of Ire lose at home to Ger and away to Pol then Scotland just need a point at home to Pol to make play offs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/glasshalffull?src=hash">#glasshalffull</a></p> a Gerry McCulloch (@gerrymcculloch1) <a href="https://twitter.com/gerrymcculloch1/status/641145040694341632">September 8, 2015</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> Scotland giving world champs a serious argument. Bravehearts. a Ian Darke (@IanDarke) <a href="https://twitter.com/IanDarke/status/640973052977782786">September 7, 2015</a> </blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Scotland's complete domination of Germany finally sees some kind of justice as they go in at halftime on level terms.</p> a Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/640970953283862528">September 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> Unlucky Scotland. At least you showed great character. a Deluded Brendan (@DeludedBrendan) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeludedBrendan/status/640988500507164673">September 7, 2015</a> </blockquote> <!--Article End-->