Brighton drew a rare blank as they were held to a goalless draw by Czech minnows Jablonec in the Conference League.
The Premier League’s top scorers, who have scored 23 goals across their first seven matches, misfired badly in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains in northern Czechia.
Jablonec coach Lubos Kozel had said his side would need a “miracle” to get anything from the match.
It turned out they only needed a below-par display from the favourites to lift the trophy to take a point, and in fact they could have had all three.
Around 1,000 Seagulls fans made the trip from the Sussex coast to the homely Stadion Strelnice in the city of Jablonec nad Nisou.
These are heady days for their team, who lie third in the English top flight, fresh from Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace.