2019 by the numbers: 4-goal comeback, Messi's 6th Ballon d'Or & CR700th goal

How is year 2019 summed up in numbers? All Football have selected 10 figures - from 0 to 9 to represent 10 important events in football.

0 - Barcelona losing 0 games at Camp Nou in 2019

Barcelona managed to end 2019 without losing a game at Camp Nou after they beat Alaves 4-1. 

The win against Alaves was their 24th at home in all competitions. 

In 28 games at Camp Nou, they have only ever drawn four (twice against Real Madrid, once against Valencia and once against Slavia Prague). 

Barca ended the year with 81 goals scored and 20 against, with their 24 wins spread out in the following way: 17 in La Liga, five in the Champions League and two in the Copa del Rey. 

1 - Liverpool missing PL title with only 1 point

Liverpool's 29-year wait for a league title continued after they had to settle for runners-up spot behind Manchester City on the final day of the 2018-19 Premier League season.

City were ruthless at Brighton, ending the season with 98 points, just two shy of last season's record-breaking 100, while Liverpool's win over Wolves saw them end on 97 – by far the largest tally for a Premier League runners-up.

2 - Zidane becoming Real Madrid coach for the 2nd time

Zinedine Zidane returned to coach Real Madrid less than a year after leaving the Los Blancos.

The 46-year-old Frenchman replaced former teammate Santiago Solari, who was promoted to the role of the Real coach after Julen Lopetegui was dismissed following a poor run of form in October.

3 - Man City winning all 3 domestic trophies

Pep Guardiola's Man City was undoubtedly the best team in England in the 2018-19 season, winning all three domestic trophies.

Aside from beating Liverpool to the Premier League trophy, Man City also won the FA Cup with a crushing final win over Watford and the EFL Cup with a shootout victory over Chelsea.

4 - Anfield's 4-goal miracle comeback

Liverpool completed one of the greatest comebacks in football history.

The Reds beat Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield and 4-3 on aggregate to reach the Champions League final.

It is the first time since 1986 that a team have recovered a three-goal first-leg deficit to win a semi-final in this competition.

5 - Mahrez & Bernardo winning 5 trophies  

Man City duo Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva both won 5 trophies in 2019. They won four trophies at club level - Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and Community Shield.

Meanwhile, both players won one trophy with their nations respectively.

Mahrez led Algeria to win the Africa Cup of Nations champions while Bernardo helped Portugal won the UEFA Nations League in 2019.

6 - Messi's 6th Ballon d'Or 

Lionel Messi claimed a record sixth Ballon d'Or ahead of Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo.

He became the first player in footballing history to win the Ballon d'Or 6 times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019), surpassing his old rival Ronaldo who won the award five times.

7 - Ronaldo's 700th goal  

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark in October by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier in Ukraine.

And the Portugal striker joins an elite group of players to have hit at least 700 goals in their career, sitting behind Josef Bican (805), Romario (772), Pele (767), Ferenc Puskas (746) and Gerd Muller (735).

8 - Maguire's £80m transfer to Man Utd

Manchester United signed England center-back Harry Maguire from Leicester for £80m this summer, which is a world-record fee for a defender.

The fee eclipsed the £75m that Liverpool forked out to Southampton for Van Dijk in 2018 and United hope Maguire will make an impact similar to the one the Dutchman has had at Anfield. 

9 - Leicester's 9-0 smash over Southampton

Leicester equalled the 24-year-old record for the biggest ever Premier League victory with a smashing 9-0 victory over 10-man Southampton.

Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez both scored hat-tricks with James Maddison and co on target.

Brendan Rodgers' Foxes have been a serious PL title contender this season, sitting second in the table beyond Champions Man City for over two months until now.