Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is looking to defend the Premiership title in style as he prepares for the visit of Dundee tonight.
The Hoops cemented their position at the top of the table on Sunday with a 2-0 win against Aberdeen at Pittiodrie.
The champions have 10 league games remaining and are still in the Scottish Cup where they have a home quarter-final tie against Championship side Morton on Saturday.
First, Rodgers wants his side to keep striding towards the club’s seventh successive title with a win against Neil McCann’s Taysiders, who have lost three times to the Hoops this season and who have never beaten the Northern Irishman’s side since he took over at Parkhead in 2016.
He said: “I know it has been difficult at times for Neil and his team but they have shown, in particular away from home at times, that they can get a result.
“So, there is no complacency, we are entering into the last 10 games of the season now and we want to win every one of them if we possibly can.
“Our approach is always to win the next game. Dundee are always a tough side to play so we just prepare for the next game.
“They play the game with confidence, they want to build the game from behind, they have good technical players, they want to play an offensive game.
“The games we have played against them this season have been tough games.
“We have come out on top but they are always a team you have to concentrate against, do your work defensively and take your opportunities.
“So, we don’t underestimate them.”
Meanwhile, Dundee manager Neil McCann is refusing to give up on a top-six spot in the Premiership.
The 43-year-old has made no secret of his ambition to turn the club into top-six contenders but defeat by Motherwell on Saturday saw them slip eight points behind Kilmarnock.
He said: “The result on Saturday hurt us a lot in terms of our aspirations for the top six but, while it’s still achievable, we will never just roll up and die – that’s defeatist and I’m not like that as a person.
“It will be difficult, mentioning some of the grounds we have to go to.
“What it proved to me is that by getting to this stage of the season, we’re not a million miles away from being one of those top sides if we can just put together certain aspects of our games.”
