Dynamo Kiev rolled over Newcastle in an absorbing Champions League Group E game thanks to goals from Maksim Shatskikh and Aliaksandr Khatskevich.

Newcastle adopted an aggressive approach throughout, but Bobby Robson's side paid the price for their inability to create any clear-cut chances.

Kiev played on the counterattack, but in the final third, their football displayed a cutting edge that Robson's side were simply unable to replicate.

That was no better illustrated than on 17 minutes when Shatskikh, whose deadliness was a start contrast to that of the muzzled strike duo of Alan Shearer and Craig Bellamy, gave Kiev the lead.

When Shatskikh picked up the ball from Jerko Leko's pass just outside the box there seemed absolutely no danger.

But in the blink of an eye the Kiev striker arrowed a fierce shot into Given's top right-hand corner leaving the Newcastle goalkeeper clutching air.

Despite that setback Robson's side, driven forward by the hugely impressive Hugo Viana, did not suffer first night nerves on their return to the Champions League stage.

After the restart the Portuguese midfielder briefly threatened to haul Newcastle back into the match as he peppered Vitaliy Reva's goal with a series of shots.

Just past the hour Newcastle's hopes were all but extinguished by another piece of opportunistic Kiev finishing.

Olexander Melashchenko surged down the right and lashed the ball into the centre, a cross that Given was unable to hold, allowing Khatskevich to nod the ball home.