Dundee come from behind twice to snatch draw with United in thrilling derby

Dundee came from behind twice to deny Dundee United victory on their Scottish Premiership return in a frantic derby.

There was a guard of honour for Jim Goodwin’s side as they unfurled the Championship flag before Kristijan Trapanovski fired them ahead in the first meeting between the city rivals since 2022.

That sparked 10 minutes of chaos as Seb Palmer-Houlden pounced to force in a loose ball from three yards out after Jack Walton could only tip Simon Murray’s angled strike across the goalmouth to equalise for the visitors.

Miller Thomson then tapped in Will Ferry’s cross at the back post to put the hosts back in front with his first goal for the club.

David Babunski drove just wide from 15 yards out in the 31st minute before sending a deft chip from the edge of box just over as the interval approached. His fellow North Macedonian midfielder Trapanovski was then denied by McCracken in the last action of an exhilarating first half.

Trapanovski had a brilliant chance to stretch United’s lead in the 57th minute when he got himself clean through and clipped the ball beyond McCracken but Cameron managed to get back to prevent it rolling over the line.

Ross Graham brought down Simon Murray in the box as he raced towards goal in the second half, with referee David Dickinson pointing to the spot after a VAR check with captain Luke McCowan calming firing straight down the middle for 2-2.

Murray and substitute Curtis Main had late chances for the Dee as they looked for their first win at Tannadice since 2004 with Richard Odada firing over for United just before the final whistle as they took home consolation from extending their unbeaten run over their city rivals to seven matches.

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