UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Matchday 7 round up: Barcelona and Real win big, Bayern and City face defeats

Match week 7 of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 season delivered a mix of thrilling comebacks, dominant victories, and shocking defeats. Spanish heavyweights Barcelona and Real Madrid boasted their strength with decisive victories, while Manchester City and Bayern failed to pull off victories.

The shocking defeats of the Premier League giant and Bundesliga Heavyweight tightened the race for the top eight direct qualification and Knock-out playoffs. Here is a roundup of the key matches and standout performances from the week.

 Results: 

Real Madrid 5-1 RB Salzburg:

Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Vinicius Junior (2 goals, 4 attempts, 0 assists, Left Winger, Real Madrid)

Goal Scorers for Real Madrid:

• Rodrygo (23rd & 34th minute)
• Kylian Mbappe (48th minute)
• Vinicius Junior (55th & 77th minute)

Goal scorers for RB Salzburg:

• Mads Bidstrup (85th minute)

Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Manchester City:

Venue: Parc des Princes, Paris

22-01-2025, Matchday 7 

Player of the Match: Joao Neves (1 goal, 0 assists, 92% passing accuracy, PSG, Mid-fielder)

Goal scorers for PSG:

• Ousmane Dembele (56th minute)
• Bradley Barcola (60th minute)
• Joao Neves (78th minute)
• Goncalo Ramos (90+3rd minute)

Goal scorers for Man City:

• Jack Grealish (50th minute)
• Erling Haaland (53rd minute)

Sparta Praha 0-1 Inter:

Venue: Stadion Letna, Prague

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Lautaro Martinez (1 goal, 4 attempts, 0 assists, Inter Milan, Striker)

Goal scorer for Inter:

• Lautaro Martinez (12th minute)

Arsenal 3-0 GNK Dinamo:

Venue: Arsenal Stadium, London

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Kai Havertz (1goal, 1assist, passing accuracy 71%, Arsenal, Striker)

Goal scorers for Arsenal:

• Declan Rice (2nd minute)
• Kai Havertz (66th minute)
• Martin Odegaard (90+1st minute)

Celtic 1-0 Young Boys

Venue: Celtic Park, Glasglow

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Red Card: Daizen Maeda (89th minute)

Player of the Match: Marvin Keller (Goalkeeper, Young Boys, 7 saves)

• Loris Benito scored an own goal for Celtic

Feyenoord 3-0 Bayern Munich:

Venue: Stadion Feijenoord' De' Kuip, Rotterdam

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Red Card: Sven Ulreich (Goalkeeper, 90th minute, Bayern Munich)

Player of the Match: Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord, Goalkeeper, 7 saves, 1 clean sheet)

Goal scorers for Feyenoord:

• Santiago Gimenez (21st & 45+9th minute)
• Ayase Ueda (89th minute)

AC Milan 1-0 Girona:

Venue: Stadio San Siro, Milan

22-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Rafael Leao (Striker, AC Milan, 1 goal, 5 attempts)

Goal Scorer for AC Milan:

• Rafael Leao (37th minute)

Slovan Bratislavia 1-3 Stuttgart:

Venue: Nardony futbalovy Stadion, Bratislavia

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Jamie Leweling (2 goals, 6 attempts, Stuttgart)

Goal scorers for Stuttgart:

• Jamie Leweling (11th & 36th minute)
• Fabian Rieder (87th minute)

Goal scorer for Slovan:

• Idjessi Metsoko (85th minute)

Club Brugge 0-0 Juventus:

Venue: Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match:  Federico Gatti (1 tackle, balls recovered 4, Defender, Juventus)

• The match ends with an epic 0-0 draw.

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen:

Venue: Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Red Cards:

• Pablo Barrios (23rd Minute, Atletico Madrid)
• Piero Hincapie (76th Minute, Bayer Leverkusen)

Player of the Match: Julian Alvarez (2 goals, 3 attempts, Striker, Atletico Madrid)

Goal scorer for Atletico:

• Julian Alvarez (52nd & 90th Minute)

Goal scorer for Bayer Leverkusen:

• Piero Hincapie (45+1st minute)

Benfica 4-5 Barcelona:

Venue: Estadio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Red Cards: Arthur Cabral (90th minute, Benfica)

Player of the Match: Raphinha (Winger, Barcelona, 2 goals, 7 attempts)

Goal scorers for FC Barcelona:

• Robert Lewandowski (13th minute (penalty), 78th minute (penalty))
• Raphinha (64th minute, 90+6th minute)
• Eric Garcia (86th minute)

Goal scorer for Benfica:

• Vangelis Pavlidis (2nd, 22nd & 30th (penalty) minute)
• Ronald Araujo (68th minute, Own Goal)

Liverpool 2-1 LOSC Lille:

Venue: Anfield Stadium, Liverpool

21-01-2025, Matchday7

Red card: Aissa Mandi (59th minute, LOSC Lille)

Player of the Match: Mohamed Salah (Winger, Liverpool, 1 goal, 6 attempts)

Goal scorer for Liverpool:

• Mohamed Salah (34th minute)
• Harvey Elliot (67th minute)

Goal scorers for Lille: 

• Jonathan David (62nd minute)

Bologna 2-1 Borussia Dortmund:

Venue:  Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Thijs Dallinga (Bologna, 1 goal, 2 attempts)

Goal scorers for Bologna:

• Thijs Dallinga (71st minute)
• Samuel lling-Junior (72nd minute)

Goal scorer for Dortmund:

• Serhou Guirassy (15th minute, penalty)

Crvena Zvezda 2-3 PSV Eindhoven: 

Venue: Stadio Rajko Mitic, Belgrade

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Red card: Ryan Flamingo (PSV Eindhoven, 50th minute)

Player of the Match: Luuk De Jong (PSV, Striker, 2 goals, 3 attempts)

Goal scorer for PSV: 

• Luuk De Jong (17th & 23rd minute)
• Ryan Flamingo (43rd minute)

Goal scorer for Crvena:

• Cherif Ndiaye (71st minute)
• Jakuba Naser Diga (77th minute)

RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting CP:

Venue: Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

21-01-2025, Matchday7

Player of the Match: Benjamin Sesko (Leipzig, 1 goal, 3 attempts)

Goal scorers for RB Leipzig:

• Benjamin Sesko (19th minute)
• Yussuf Poulsen (78th minute)

Goal scorer for Sporting:

• Viktor Gyokeres (75th minute)

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Brest:

Venue: Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen 

21-01-2025, Matchday 7

Player of the Match: Georgiy Sutdakov (Shakhtar, 1 goal, 81% passing accuracy)

Goal scorers for Shakhtar:

• Kevin Santos (18th minute)
• Georgiy Sudakov (37th minute, Penalty)

Atalanta 5-0 Strum Graz:

Venue: Stadio di Bergamo, Bergamo

21-01-2025, Matchday 07

 Player of the Match: Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta, 1 goal, 4 attempts, 1 assist)

Goal scorer for Atalanta:

• Mateo Retegui (12th minute)
• Mario Pasalic (58th minute)
• Charles De Ketelaere (63rd minute)
• Ademola Lookman (90th minute)
• Marco Brescianini (90+4th minute)

Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa:

Venue: Stade Louis II, Monaco

21-01-2025, Matchday7

Player of the match: Wilfried Singo (Monaco, 1 goal, 12 balls recovered)

Goal scorer for Monaco:

• Wilfried Singo (8th minute)

Match day 8 fixtures: