Gordon Strachan felt his Scotland team looked rusty against Canada, but stressed that is due to them not playing regular club football.
Scotland boss Gordon Strachan defended his players after they struggled to a 1-1 friendly draw against Canada.
Strachan's men have now only won one of their last seven games going into Sunday's crunch World Cup qualifier against Slovenia at Hampden, but he felt it was difficult for many of his team to produce their best given they are not playing regularly at club level.
Steven Naismith scored a first-half equaliser at Easter Road on Wednesday after former Rangers wing-back Fraser Aird had given Canada a shock lead.