But then Lawrence Shankland made the Georgians choke on it.
The Hearts striker, not even in the original squad, came off the bench to rescue a richly deserved point that finally allowed the Tartan Army to taste something other than the bitter taste of defeat in Tbilisi.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Napoli's superstar and a man afforded iconic status in Georgia, struck twice for his country.
But each time Steve Clarke's men came up with an answer.
First Scott McTominay and then Shankland, whose injurytime header sickened the hosts, who had looked like they'd kicked and feigned injury all the way to a third win over the Scots.
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