Dundee boss Steven Pressley was full of praise for his side following their Dundee Derby victory away at Tannadice.

Despite every team in the league outwith Dundee United having a game-in-hand on Dundee, the win leaves them joint top of the league three games into the season.

Prior to the match, during the famous walk to Tannadice, Pressley was spotted with a tote bag donning a photograph titled “Blue Men of the Sahara.”

The manager was full of praise for his team’s victory away to The Arabs. Pressley said: “They won on determination, they won on grit, so I couldn’t be prouder. We spoke in the week on how we find ways to win away from home and I think that was a good example of it.

You don’t always need to play particularly well, but when you show that determination you’ve got a chance.”

Despite an impressive win, the Dundee boss continued to modestly downplay his side performance. When asked about if there was any injury to Charlie Reilly, who went off at half-time, he said: “I just made a tactical change at half-time, I don’t think it worked!

“We just wanted to stiffen up the middle of the pitch a little bit more, but it maybe brought a little bit more pressure on us at times… But like I said, it was real determination from the group.”

When asked about his thoughts on the Dundee fan’s ‘Pressley ball’ sing to the tune of ‘Daddy Cool’ by BoneyM, he joked that today’s showing wasn’t an example of what ‘Pressley Ball’ is.

Dundee captain Simon Murray picked up an injury against Aberdeen earlier in the season and when asked about how his players stepped up in Murray’s absence today, Pressley said: “He played his own role. He was in the dressing room before the game, half-time, after the game. He’s got a huge role to play and the players listen to him and respond to him. He’s got a big influence on the group, so although he wasn’t playing today, he was there in spirit.”

When asked about any potential transfer activity as the window approaches an end, he said: “You look today, our two centre-backs who were incredible in performance, but we had no one behind that, so we definitely need to bring in a couple centre-backs and maybe another wide player. We’ll decide on that in the coming days.

I’ve said it time and time again, but we’re working really hard to do those things and fingers crossed we’ll identify and get in the right players.”

Dundee and Pressley will look to continue this good form on the other side of the street next week as they host Hibernian in their next match.