ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI has launched an astonishing attack on Gordon Greer and said the Scotland defender's "brutal" challenge was so bad it broke the Pole's shinpad.

The Bayern Munich striker will go for a scan on his return to see if he has suffered any damage to his leg. Greer, the Brighton and Hove Albion defender, made his mark on Lewandowski early on with a crunching tackle after just 10 minutes in the 2-2 draw in Warsaw, an incident which referee Alberto Mallenco did not even deem to be a foul.

"I was very surprised I didn't even get a free-kick," said Lewandowski. "It was a brutal foul and I was in pain until the end of the game. I hope the injury is nothing serious, but I will get tests today. With every step, I had to clench my teeth and hope my teammates would help me out, which they did. I have a huge hole in my shin pad and that speaks for itself.

"The tackle didn't just rip my sock - it broke my shin pad! You can hardly break a shin pad with a hammer and nails, so that shows how hard the tackle was! I dread to think what would have happened if I didn't have the shinpad on."

He was backed by the Polish Football Association. Jakub Kwiatkowski, their spokesman, added: "Robert left the stadium with a 10-centimetre hole in his shinpad and has received heavy dressing on the injury."

However, Gordon Strachan, the Scotland manager, played down the incident, saying: "Maybe it was down to the translation but I didn't see it like that. It wasn't a nasty game at all, I thought it was played in a great spirit. They had 14 tackles to our nine so it wasn't like we went out there to stop anyone.

"For me, there was good respect on both sides. That's just what happens in top-level football. Our striker Steven Fletcher took a similar sort of kick but there you go, that's life."

Poland are in a good position after their double-header, following a win against Germany and a draw with Scotland.

"Four points from these last two games are okay, but qualification is only just beginning," said Lewandowski.

"Every point will be important in this group. No-one will get anything for free and we will see that when we go to Tbilisi next month. I think this point against Scotland could be important because we showed character and made up for going behind. We played much better in the second half and could have won. The Spanish ref gave every decision in favour of the Scots. There's nothing we could do about that - maybe he's a Real Madrid fan!"