Crystal Palace stunned by Larnaca, Aberdeen thrashed

Crystal Palace suffered a shock defeat in their first home game in European competition, losing 1-0 at Selhurst Park against Cypriot side Larnaca.

The FA Cup winners have made an excellent start in the Premier League and are among the favorites to win Europe’s third-tier competition.

Having beaten Dynamo Kyiv in their first match of the league stage, the Eagles were expected to defeat Larnaca.

Despite dominating the match, Palace were punished for a loose pass from Jaydee Canvot, which allowed Riad Bajic to score what proved to be the winner in the 51st minute.

“That’s European football. You have to learn from it,” Palace technical director Oliver Glasner told TNT Sports.

“Small mistakes are punished and on the other hand we had enough opportunities to win the game. It’s not just the story of today, but of many games. The effort was here, we were creating situations against a deep block. We had four or five great opportunities to score and we didn’t, and we make a mistake and you can lose a game like this.

“It’s part of the game. Nobody blames him (Jaydee Canvot), it just happens. The ending was great. If you don’t score you can’t win. Today we lost a point. It’s disappointing, frustrating and it hurts, but on the other hand we keep going. We have enough games.”

“We had enough clear chances and sometimes you lose. We have to learn from it.”

Fiorentina wins again and Rayo achieves a dramatic draw

Larnaca is one of six teams with maximum points from two games, with two-time finalists Fiorentina in that group.

La Viola beat Rapid Vienna 3-0 thanks to goals from Cher Ndour, Edin Dzeko and Albert Gudmundsson.

Nelson Weiper’s 24th-minute goal gave Mainz a 1-0 victory over Zrinjski, maintaining a 100 percent record, but Rayo Vallecano needed a penalty in the 103rd minute to draw 2-2 at Hacken.

Julius Lindberg and Isak Brundberg had turned the game in Hacken’s favor after Álvaro García’s first goal for Rayo.

Rayo had an injury-time penalty claim dismissed after a VAR review, but a second claim was granted and, seven minutes into the allotted injury time, Andrei Ratiu fired into the bottom left corner.

Rayo’s unused substitute Pep Chavarría was sent off before the referee ended the match after 105 minutes.

AZ Alkmaar defeated 10-man Slovan Bratislava 1-0, but Strasbourg, another team hoping to compete for the trophy, drew 1-1 against Jagiellonia.

Aberdeen rock bottom

Scottish side Aberdeen are at the bottom of the 36-team table after being beaten 6-0 by AEK Athens.

It marked Aberdeen’s heaviest European defeat and manager Jimmy Thelin admitted the margin could have been greater.

“We know it’s not acceptable… it was 6-0, but it could be more,” Thelin said. “There is a lot to improve, but we also played two games before in the league and they were two clean sheets and a stable performance.

“Tonight, Athens exposed us and that’s what we have to learn from. So sometimes, just by raising their hand, they win, totally deserved.”

In Croatia, the match between Rijeka and Sparta Prague was suspended after 12 minutes due to heavy rain that left the pitch unplayable.

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