Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin has admitted the club's record European defeat could have been worse after they fell to a 6-0 mauling at the hands of AEK Athens.

The hosts ran riot in front of goal as the chasm in quality between the Dons and their opposition emerged with little over 10 minutes on the clock when Aboubakary Koïta scored the first of his two goals.

Niclas Eliasson got in on the act before the break, while Răzvan Marin, Luka Jovic and Dereck Kutesa rubbed salt in the Reds ' wounds after the restart.

Thelin's men now sit bottom of the Conference League table with no points and a goal difference of minus seven, with a trip to Cyprus to face AEK Larnaca to come in a fortnight.

And the Dons boss held his hands up after the full-time whistle, adding that his side have

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