Barcelona's Lamine Yamal gestures during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Chelsea and Barcelona in London, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

By The Canadian Press

Canada’s Jonathan David, Promise David both on target in Champions League play

Nov 25, 2025 | 3:43 PM

Canadians Jonathan David and Promise David both scored in Champions League play Tuesday, earning wins for Italy’s Juventus and Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise, respectively.

Jonathan David’s goal lifted Juventus to a 3-2 victory over Norway’s Bodo/Glimt, which had pulled even on Sondre Brunstad Fet’s 89th-minute penalty. The Canadian was Johnny-on-the-spot, knocking the ball home after the ball fell to him after the Bodø/Glimt ‘keeper made a one-handed save to deny Kenan Yıldız.

It was David’s second goal since joining Juventus in July. The 25-year-old from Ottawa, Canada’s leading men’s scorer with 37 goals in 73 international appearances, scored on his Serie A debut for the club — a 2-0 win against Parma on Aug. 24.

Promise David, meanwhile, scored the only goal of the game as Union Saint-Gilloise downed injury-depleted Galatasaray. The 24-year-old from Brampton, Ont., has three goals in eight appearances for Canada.

The Davids are not related.

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Turkey’s Galatasary was without injured Champions League top scorer Victor Osimhen, and finished with 10 men after 18-year-old defender Arda Ünyay picked up two yellow cards.

Elsewhere, defensive lapses cost Manchester City and Barcelona dearly as both teams slumped to notable losses in the Champions League.

In Pep Guardiola’s 100th Champions League game as City coach, his team struggled to cope with Bayer Leverkusen’s quick transitions in a 2-0 defeat, while Barcelona had an own goal and a red card in its 3-0 loss at Chelsea.

Guardiola made 10 changes to his starting lineup following Saturday’s loss to Newcastle in the Premier League, with Erling Haaland among those on the bench, but it didn’t have the desired effect.

Alejandro Grimaldo fired home Leverkusen’s first goal with a low shot into the far corner in the 23rd and Patrik Schick headed in a second in the 54th.

Chelsea comfortably beat 10-man Barcelona 3-0 to earn its third league-phase win and move closer to the top.

It was the second loss for Barcelona, which went down a man after defender Ronald Araújo was shown a second yellow card just before halftime.

The hosts scored with an own-goal by Jules Koundé in the 27th, a nice strike by Estevão in the 55th and a close-range shot by Liam Delap in the 73rd.

City could have moved atop the table with a win but the night ended with the top three unchanged. Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Inter Milan all play Wednesday.

Mourinho’s Benfica finally wins

José Mourinho picked up his first Champions League win with his new club Benfica as Samuel Dahl’s early goal set the stage for a 2-0 win over troubled Ajax. It was No. 36 vs. No. 35 in the pre-game standings as the two winless teams met in the Netherlands.

Left back Dahl scored an unstoppable volley on the rebound after Ajax goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros had saved a header from Benfica’s experienced defender Nicolás Otamendi. Leandro Barreiro added a second goal in the 90th.

Ajax has lost all five of its Champions League games and won only one of its last 10 games in all competitions.

Scott McTominay scored the opening goal as Napoli won 2-0 against Azerbaijan’s Qarabag. Napoli fans commemorated the fifth anniversary of club legend Diego Maradona’s death.

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With files from The Associated Press

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