| The full-back was star man as the Tangerines were held 3-3 on November 4, but it is the pain of conceding an injury-time equaliser, not his own performance, that lives on in his memory.
He believes, though, the reaction to that result augurs well for the future.
“In the dressing-room after the game, there was total silence. It was like a defeat and, finally, the manager spoke and pointed out it shows the progress that’s been made at United if we could be so disappointed with a draw away to the Old Firm,” he said.
“He’s right and, as we should have shown that night, we know that on our day we are good enough to beat Rangers or Celtic. It won’t be easy tomorrow, because they have very good players and they’re coming into this on the back of scoring seven against Hamilton, so they have to be confident.
“I think we can be confident as well, though, because in the 3-3 draw down there we played a lot of good football. One of our goals was from a mistake when I took a long throw-in and Scott Robertson scored, but, for the other two, we opened them up with good football.”
Dixon did well getting forward that night, but had to do his fair share of defending and knows the same will apply this time out.
“Kris Boyd got another hat-trick last week and we’ll need to watch him. That goes for a few of their players, because they can be strong going forward.”
Tomorrow’s 12.30 kick-off will come too soon for Spaniard Francisco Sandaza, who is just back in training after a foot knock, but skipper Lee Wilkie is fit after shaking off a minor problem.
Wilkie will be idle earlier next month when United travel to face Jim McInally’s East Stirling in the Scottish Cup — he is suspended. |
