Crystal Palace set a new club record as they started their Conference League campaign with a 2-0 win over Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev at the Motor Lublin Arena in Poland.
Daniel Munoz scored Palace's first-ever away goal in Europe and second-half substitute Eddie Nketiah also struck, both from Yeremy Pino left-wing crosses, to extend Palace’s unbeaten run to 19 matches.
It is their longest-ever stretch of games without a defeat, which they preserved despite Borna Sosa’s red card in the final quarter of an hour after being booked twice in the space of three minutes.
Dynamo, playing in their temporary home of Lublin amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, did not touch the ball in Palace’s area until they were down to 10 men and were unable to threaten a grandstand finale.
It was a convincing display from the FA Cup and Community Shield winners, oozing with the confidence following their hot streak, which saw them defeat Premier League leaders Liverpool last weekend.
Aberdeen's struggles continued as Shakhtar Donetsk came from behind to win 3-2 at Pittodrie.
The Dons - who have not scored in their opening six William Hill Premiership games and sit bottom of the table with one point - took an early lead through a penalty from Jesper Karlsson in the eighth minute.
Ukrainian league leaders Shakhtar, though, were back on level terms when Yegor Nazaryna swept an angled strike across goal in the 38th minute.
Lucas Ferreira's header completed the turnaround after 54 minutes and Pedro Henrique then swiftly added a well-taken third goal. Nicky Devlin pulled a goal back with 20 minutes left, but there was no grandstand finish.
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