Darijo Srna's debut as Shakhtar head coach was a success. In the match of the 11th round of the UPL the miners beat LNZ in Lviv.

Danylo Sikan was the first to score under a new manager, and Kevin Kelsy added two more goals at the end of the game for a big 3-0 victory.

2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League

Shakhtar - LNZ 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: Sikan, 20 (1:0); Kelsy, 83 (2:0); Kelsy, 90 (3:0)

Shakhtar: Riznyk D.; Bondar V.; Rakitskiy; Konoplya; Stepanenko (Nazaryna, 85); Bondarenko A-m; Kryskiv (Eguinaldo, 85); Newerton (Sudakov, 57); Sikan (Kelsy, 75); Zubkov; Topalov (Azarov I., 57)
Bench: Rudko; Chygrynskiy; Matviyenko; Gocholeishvili; Miroshi; Castillo D.; Shved M.
Yellow Cards: Bondarenko A-m 35; Konoplya 78

LNZ: Penkov; Nasonov; Selin (Kovalyov M., 79); Stasyuk; Muravskyi; Rybalka (Naumets, 69); Norenkov; Kaliuzhnyi; Boiko V.; Khoblenko (Priadun, 69); Shestakov S. (Oliynyk, 75)
Bench: Samoylenko K.; Banada; Tarasenko O.; Savin An.; Tyshchenko Iv.; Khamelyuk