Dutchman Briels knows where side’s priorities lie

in Holland often as well, so they were our biggest rivals and I was used to playing against them.

“That was also a very nice derby, so I knew what it was going to be like on Sunday.

“I have played in a lot of these games and know how important they are to the teams and the fans but, coming to another country, it is always going to be difficult to play in your first one but I enjoyed it.

“Every time you had the ball it was a battle with your opponent and that is what I like about the football in Scotland.”

While Briels is now concentrating on the trip to the Highland capital, he admits he sees no reason why United cannot return to Dens Park in a week and again come away smiling.

“It is a strange thing when we are not in the same league that we will play this derby twice so close together, but I think we can look forward to the game because we did really well in the first one and we can do well again.

“I think in all our games so far we have played good football and our team has a lot of confidence.

“We have a lot of decent players in our squad and that is important.

“We have some injuries to the squad right now but, when these players come back, there is going to be a lot of competition for the places from the start.

“It will be good for the manager if he has more players fit for next week’s game but, whoever is ready, they can all do a good job for the team.”

Jordie Briels battles with Dundee’s Sofien Moussa and Kevin Holt.