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Substitute Andy Bishop brought Bury from behind with a second-half double to send 10-man Dons to an opening day defeat.
Bishop capitalised on some hesitant defending just six minutes after coming on as a half-time replacement to cancel out Keith Andrews' brilliant 20th-minute opener.
The Bury striker hit the winner shortly after, coolly dispatching a penalty after being apparently elbowed by Drissa Diallo - an offence that earned the Dons defender a red card.
In a frustrating game for the Paul Ince's side, who played short-handed even before Diallo's dismissal after defensive partner Sean O'Hanlon went off either side of half time for stitches on a facial cut.
The Dons even played a short time with nine following Diallo's dismissal as the medics desperately tried to patch O'Hanlon up, but even when he returned, the home side were unable to find a way past a far-from shaky Shakers defence.
His signature safely confirmed early on Saturday morning, former Swansea 'keeper Willy Gueret got the nod from Paul Ince to start in goal.
Colin Cameron and Kevin Gallen started in midfield and attack respectively, both making their league debuts for the club.
Bury were only able to name last season's leading scorer Andy Bishop on the bench as he returned from injury while goalkeeper Aaron Grundy was the only absentee in an otherwise full-strength selection.
A battle quickly ensued between O'Hanlon and Bury new boy Marcus Richardson - the pair crashing into each other in an aerial battle that would eventually cause O'Hanlon's injury close to half-time.
After a cagey opening period, the game burst into life with Andrews' cracking opener - the first competitive goal at stadiummk.
Charging through midfield onto Gallen's clever chested pass, the Dons skipper strode into open space as Bury suddenly looked dangerously exposed. Andrews drove on unchallenged before rifling a crisp low drive into the corner from the edge of the box.
Jon-Paul McGovern went close with a free-kick on 26 minutes before Bury suddenly found an avenue to attack.
Colin Woodthorpe's in-swinging free-kick was headed over by Paul Scott and the lively Glynn Hurst sliced a shot wide after Scott's initial effort had been blocked.
Incident packed, the game broke to the other end when Knight should have doubled the Dons' advantage.
Gallen, stalking the final third Teddy Sheringham-like, was again the architect - slipping a lovely ball in behind the Shakers defence only for Knight to place his shot too close to Jim Provett.
Hurst saw another chance go begging when he got on the end of Nicky Adams' through ball only for a combination of Diallo, Gueret and Gareth Edds to deny him.
O'Hanlon spent the final five minutes of the half getting running repairs which continued just after the break as the game refused to lose pace.
Within a minute of his introduction for Richardson, Bishop had intercepted Lloyd Dyer's pass and was bearing down on Gueret, but the Frenchman made a valuable save at the front man's feet.
Dyer tried to atone for his error with a lightning break out of defence which saw him embarrassingly outstrip his marker, but Provett was equal to the Dons winger's drive.
But within minutes, Bury were level with O'Hanlon still off the field. Adams lost Edds on the left and fired a low ball into the box which Dean Lewington looked to have covered, but Bishop nipped in behind him to stab the ball past Gueret.
The travelling support went crazy as Bishop wheeled away to celebrate, and though O'Hanlon returned, there was more to come six minutes later.
Dave Challinor's long throw into the box dropped into a scrum inside the box, and as Bishop went down referee Danny McDermid pointed straight to the spot and reached straight for his pocket.
Diallo was dumbfounded, his disappointment compounded when Bishop sent Gueret the wrong way for 2-1.
From there, Bury seemed happy with their lead and solidly set about shutting the Dons out. The pace of Bishop and Adams kept O'Hanlon and Kieran Murphy, on for Knight to cover for Diallo, busy enough but the emphasis was on Ince's men.
The chance they craved never really materialised, though Andrews did manage to get on the end of a Cameron free-kick that went just over.
Substitutes Aaron Wilbraham and Mark Wright might feel they could have done better having moved in off the left to find shooting space, neither able to work Provett.
A cross from the left just evaded Murphy towards the end but the Dons were left to contemplate an opening day defeat.
