Scoring thrice from the spot, the new captain gave the Dons a convincing opening win, the first time Aberdeen have taking three points from the opener since 2002. Aluko did the heavy lifting early and often, first with a sparkling 30-yard free kick that was tipped by Cerny to the crossbar, and then in the 18th minute he was crunched in the box by Accies defender Simon Mensing to allow Hartley to put the home side up 1-0.
Aluko continued to threaten, and five minutes from halftime was again fouled in the box, setting up Hartley to wrong-way the Czech keeper. After switching ends Zander Diamond gave the Dons a third before Hartley took advantage of another Mensing foul, this time on Chris Maguire. The final 20 minutes saw a bit of a drop in freshness, but let's not quibble. This was a brilliant start to the new season.
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