Spain captain Rodri criticised Scotland's "rubbish" approach to football after his team were on the end of a Hampden defeat in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.
The Manchester City player accused Scotland of time-wasting and provocation after Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay hit a double to earn Scotland a 2-0 victory and a first win over Spain in 39 years.
Rodri told Viaplay Sports: "It's the way they play. You have to respect at the end but for me it's a bit rubbish because it's always wasting time. They provoke you and they always fall.
"This for me is not football. For the speed of the sport you have to move on, but the referee has to take part of this and he says nothing.
"It was frustrating because we want to win and it's difficult because they waste time, waste time. But it is what it is. They have their weapons and we have our weapons and we will learn for the next time."
Some of Spain's players incurred the wrath of the Scotland fans for theatrical falls, notably Joselu who twice went down in the box in dramatic fashion, and Pedro Porro, who rolled in agony after a clash for which Andy Robertson received a yellow card.
When asked whether his own team were guilty of going down too easily, the midfielder said: "No, we want to go into battle and we always fight but this is not about fighting. It's about wasting time, four or five players on the floor, these kind of situations."
Former Scotland forward James McFadden branded the Spain captain a sore loser.
Speaking about the midfielder's comments, McFadden told Sky: "I thought it was poor, I really did. Yes, towards the end of the game there were players going down, but they had put so much into the game, so much effort, there were players going down with injury.
"But I think he has to look at his own team and their antics in the first half in particular: throwing themselves to the ground, trying to get players sent off, trying to win penalties, trying to get players booked.
"It’s sour grapes. I expected a bit more class from him.
"And Spain were wasting their own time. The amount of times they were kicking the ball out the park in the second half, I think they just wanted to see the final whistle.
"Tactically Steve Clarke and the players got it spot on: frustrated Spain for large spells, scored a couple of really good goals and created another few good chances as well. I don’t think this was a smash and grab by any means – it was a well-deserved victory."
Liverpool left-back Robertson said: "I think they were going down a little bit easily.
"Look, we were always going to try to be physical, we wanted to be in their faces, we wanted to win our headers, we wanted to win our challenges and I think we did that. I don’t think we crossed the line.
"They were, especially in the first half, rolling about a wee bit much, but they used their experience and they got a couple of us booked, which is fair enough to them.
"But I think we did win that battle and we maybe got under their skin a wee bit, especially in the first half."
McTominay admitted there was some gamesmanship going on but he felt both teams were guilty.
"I feel everyone on the pitch was at it, diving around, making the game slow," he said.
"It wasn't really a clean game in terms of everyone getting up and getting on with little fouls. It was a difficult night for the referee because everyone was making the most of everything.
"But sometimes that's the way it has got to be, you have got to do stuff like that when you want to keep hold of a lead.
"Look at this place, I have never seen anything like it, it's incredible."
McTominay seized the opportunity to record a famous victory with strikes early in each half to make it four goals in two games.
"The manager said in his talk before we went on the bus that this is the chance to create your own legacy as a Scotland player," he said.
"These are the nights that in 20-30 years people will remember and they watch the games back and say they were there. That's what it is all about."
