UEFA Champions League Matchday 7 produced a series of dramatic results and individual achievements across Europe. Bodø/Glimt stunned Manchester City 3-1 at home, while Arsenal secured a top-two finish with a 3-1 victory over Inter Milan. Real Madrid thrashed Monaco 6-1, led by Kylian Mbappé's brace.
Matchday 7 of the UEFA Champions League league phase delivered high drama and historic moments. In Norway, Bodø/Glimt achieved their first-ever win against English opposition by defeating Manchester City 3-1. Kasper Høgh scored twice with a back-post header and a cool finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma, while Jens Petter Hauge sealed the victory with a spectacular curling strike into the top corner from the left flank. Coach Kjetil Knutsen described the night as amazing after overcoming a world-class opponent, boosting Bodø/Glimt's hopes of escaping the elimination spots.
Arsenal confirmed a top-two finish and direct qualification to the last 16 with a 3-1 win at Inter Milan, extending their winning streak to seven matches. Gabriel Jesus ended a 26-month Champions League goal drought—his last had come in a 6-0 win over Lens in November 2023—with instinctive finishes: a telescopic leg stretch in the tenth minute and a header from a corner in the 31st. Returning from an 11-month ACL injury, Jesus called it a dream night. Viktor Gyökeres added a second-half goal.
Real Madrid crushed Mbappé's former club Monaco 6-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu. Mbappé opened the scoring with a crisp first-time finish in the fifth minute and added another 21 minutes later by bursting beyond the defense to finish Vinícius Júnior's pass. His brace took him to 11 goals, four clear of Harry Kane, and 17 in 20 appearances for Madrid.
Robert Lewandowski scored in his 15th consecutive Champions League season during Barcelona's 4-2 win at Slavia Praha, hooking in a delivery to reach 106 UCL goals and sit third all-time behind Messi and Ronaldo. Liverpool beat Marseille 3-0 thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai's cheeky under-the-wall free-kick, his fourth of the campaign. Qarabağ edged Frankfurt with Bahlul Mustafazade's stoppage-time header, the first goal by an Azerbaijani in the competition. Tottenham also won 2-0 against 10-man Borussia Dortmund.
