Belief builds

win and it doesn’t matter who we are playing against. We don’t think of any one game as better or bigger than another.

“There is a long time to go yet – a lot of football to be played – but we are playing well enough, so we’re quite happy.

“We’ve done alright recently and I can’t see us going on a losing run again. I think we are causing the teams above us one or two concerns.

“I think we have come through the mill this season and are a stronger bunch collectively. The boys are defending brilliantly and we just need to put the ball in the back of the net more often.

“Myself and the other strikers haven’t been doing that in the last few games but hopefully we can get back to that.”

It proved a tense affair at the restyled Global Energy Stadium.

The two clubs had history, though, with Dundee having made a habit of pulling off good results at the ground during their First Division days.

All that changed last April as a crushing 3-0 defeat for the Dens men signalled County’s SPL rise.

But there was enough mutual knowledge of the opposition to nullify creativity and cancel each other out in a poor first half.

When Dundee eventually made the breakthrough after 27 minutes it was dramatic and more than a little fortuitous.

A short spell of away pressure seemed