David Luiz helps Pafos draw with Monaco, Copenhagen teen Dadason shines

LONDON (AP) — When former Brazil star David Luiz first played in the Champions League in 2007, Viktor Dadason was not yet born in Iceland.

On Wednesday, both the 38-year-old Pafos defender and the 17-year-old Copenhagen prospect scored for their teams in thrilling Champions League games.

David Luiz scored his first goal in the competition in more than eight years and Cypriot champion Pafos pressed Monaco hard to level in the 88th and get a 2-2 draw. An own goal was credited to Monaco defender Mohammed Salisu when the ball struck him after rebounding from the crossbar.

Dadason set Copenhagen on the way to a three-goal lead with a header in the 26th, yet the Danish champion had to hang on for a 3-2 win over Kairat Almaty, which scored twice late on.

Iceland youth international Dadason already was the third-youngest scorer in the Champions League ’s 34-season history last month in Copenhagen’s 4-2 loss at Borussia Dortmund. Only Ansu Fati and Lamine Yamal were younger when they scored for Barcelona.

Soaring David Luiz

David Luiz is back in Europe with Pafos after four years in his native Brazil, and he soared at a corner in the 18th to guide a powerful header into the top corner of the Monaco net.

It leveled the score at 1-1 and was David Luiz's first goal in the competition in October 2017, during his second spell at Chelsea where he was a key player in the Champions League title-winning team in 2012. His Champions League debut was with Benfica in 2007.

Monaco led in the fifth minute when Takumi Minamino stretched to poke the ball first time across the goalkeeper Neofytos Michael.

Michael was at fault for Monaco retaking the lead in the 26th. His pass went straight to Monaco’s Folarin Balogun and the United States forward scored with a shot low into the corner of the net.

Copenhagen and Kairat started with just a point each from four games and in the bottom four places in the standings.

Dadason’s opening goal was added on to by Jordan Larsson’s penalty kick in the 59th, awarded for a handball after a video review, then 20-year-old Brazilian Robert Silva's deflected shot in the 73rd.

Kairat got a goal in the 81st from Dastan Satpayev and another in the 90th from Olzhas Baibek but could not find a third.