APART from being in charge of Celtic this season, Martin O’Neill, Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy all have something else in common.
All three Hoops bosses have sampled defeat on Tayside this season.
Rodgers lost his first Premiership game of the anxiety-riddled campaign when they crashed to a 2-0 loss to Steven Pressley’s side on October 19.
Nancy was next up with another dismal display in the team’s 2-1 flop to Dundee United at Tannadice on December 17, the Frenchman’s fourth consecutive reverse during his catastrophic 33 days at Parkhead.
And O’Neill suffered the same fate as his predecessors just under a couple of weeks ago with a massively disappointing 2-0 nosedive against Jim Goodwin’s outfit.
The 74-year-old interim gaffer, preparing his players for another must-win encounter, said: “I’ve just been reminded that all three Celtic managers this season have lost in Dundee, so we’ll try and rectify that!
“We’re looking forward to it, but we know how difficult it’s going to be and we’ve got to be ready for it.
“We made a lot of mistakes in our last game and you learn. I don’t think we adjusted well enough to the conditions and that’s down to us.
“Do I have belief in the team? Absolutely, and the team have belief in themselves.”
O’Neill, speaking to Celtic TV, added: “We had a setback, so we have to put it to the side, get geared up for the game and be ready for a strong match.
“Dundee have been very competitive and they played very well against us at our place in the Scottish Cup.
“I expect a really difficult game and that will be case. It will be hard for us.”
Celtic are now on the title tightrope and there is no safety net in sight.
The champions are five points adrift of Hearts with seven games to go.
The Tynecastle club kick off their Sunday fixture against Livingston in West Lothian at 2pm and then all eyes are on O’Neill and his men two and a half hours later.
Danny Rohl’s Ibrox side, two points ahead of the Hoops, take on Dundee United the previous day with a 3pm start in Govan.
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