Football quiz: 12 months of goal celebrations from 2019

1. 

   January: Sergio Agüero celebrates after scoring for Manchester City against Liverpool in the top-of-the-table clash three days into 2019. What was the final score?

   1. Manchester City 1-0 Liverpool

   2. Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool

   3. Manchester City 3-1 Liverpool

   4. Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool

2. 

   February: Which player is celebrating?

   1. Jailson (Fenerbahce)

   2. Adrian Mariappa (Watford)

   3. Alfredo Morelos (Colombia)

   4. Troy Deeney (Watford)

3. 

   March: Brazilian striker Anderson Lopes leapt over the advertising board while celebrating his goal for the J-League side Consadole to discover what?

   1. A group of angry away fans

   2. A moat full of water

   3. A steep drop beneath him

   4. The ball had actually hit the side-netting

4. 

   April: Raul Jiménez whipped out a wrestling mask to celebrate putting Wolves 2-0 up in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Which team came back to beat them 3-2 after extra-time?

   1. Manchester City

   2. Brighton

   3. Manchester United

   4. Watford

5. 

   May: In which match is Lionel Messi celebrating?

   1. Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool

   2. Barcelona 2-0 Getafe

   3. Barcelona 1-0 Levante

   4. Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United

6. 

   June: Ellen White scored for England against Scotland in the World Cup group stages and celebrated by mimicking wearing goggles. White said the celebration was a nod to her love of who?

   1. Edgar Davids

   2. Anthony Modeste

   3. Jonjo Shelvey

   4. Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth

7. 

   July: The USA's Alex Morgan celebrated her World Cup goal against England by doing what?

   1. Pretending to drink champagne

   2. Pretending to smoke a cigar

   3. Pretending to blow a horn

   4. Pretending to drink tea

8. 

   August: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates with his trademark acrobatics after scoring the only goal of the game as Arsenal began their season with a 1-0 away win at which club?

   1. Aston Villa

   2. Newcastle

   3. Leicester

   4. Wolves

9. 

   September: Vinicius Junior cried after scoring for Real Madrid against Osasuna. What reason did he give for bursting into tears?

   1. His pet dog had just died

   2. It was his first goal for the club and he was overcome with emotion

   3. He had struggled with injuries and the relief at feeling fit and scoring again reduced him to tears

   4. He really likes Osasuna and was upset after scoring against them

10. 

    October: Matty Longstaff scored on his debut for Newcastle, playing alongside his brother Sean in midfield in the 1-0 win against Manchester United. What did the Longstaffs' dad, David, do for a living when they were growing up?

    1. He was a professional footballer

    2. He was a professional strongman

    3. He was a professional ice dancer

    4. He was a professional ice hockey player

11. 

    November: What is Marinho doing here as he celebrates a goal in Santos's 4-1 win over Botafogo?

    1. Imitating his favourite musician, DJ Marky

    2. Imitating VAR

    3. Pretending to listen to the football results on the radio

    4. Pretending to polish the Copa do Brasil

12. 

    December: Danilo Cataldi celebrates after scoring the third goal for Lazio in their 3-1 Supercoppa Italiana defeat of Juventus at which stadium?

    1. Zayed Sports City Stadium

    2. Olympic Grande Torino Stadium

    3. Allianz Stadium

    4. King Abdullah Sports City

Solutions

1:B - It was Liverpool's only league defeat in 2018-19 but they still missed out on the title., 2:D - The Hornets' captain was on target in the 5-1 demolition of Cardiff., 3:C - The striker had to be treated for a few minutes after landing heavily following a long fall. He was able to continue playing, though., 4:D - Gerard Deulofeu was inspired as he scored a sublime winner for the Hornets in extra-time., 5:A - Lionel Messi scored twice and Luis Suárez once as Barça took a 3-0 first-leg lead to Anfield … where they lost 4-0. , 6:B - 'I support Cologne and striker Anthony Modeste, that’s his celebration,' explained White. 'My husband was like, why don’t you do that? But I’ve started something I can’t really stop now!', 7:D - The celebration caused a stir (honk!). She later tried to explain it away by saying: “I feel like we didn’t take an easy route through this tournament and ‘that’s the tea’.”, 8:B - Things looked rosier for the Gunners on 11 August. They won 1-0, keeping a clean sheet in their opening game of a Premier League season for the first time since 2008-09., 9:C - "I cried because after my injury it was a bit complicated. It was taking a long time to play as before. I was not so happy … I am delighted to have scored again"., 10:D - David Longstaff was the first man to earn 100 caps for Great Britain in ice hockey., 11:B - The player could be seen miming the VAR signal, holding his hand to his ear, and pretending to listen through an earpiece before pointing to the centre circle to award the goal., 12:D - The match was played in Saudi Arabia because … modern football.

Scores

1. 12 and above.

   You're amazing. But you probably know that already. Merry Christmas!

2. 11 and above.

   You're brilliant aren't you?

3. 10 and above.

   Fantastic performance. You could go far.

4. 9 and above.

   Well done you. Go and tell everyone you know that you're great.

5. 8 and above.

   You're quite good at this.

6. 7 and above.

   Not bad.

7. 6 and above.

   that was just a bit meh really.

8. 5 and above.

   Rank average.

9. 4 and above.

   It's not a total disaster, but it's not far off.

10. 3 and above.

    There's no future in this game for you, is there?

11. 2 and above.

    That's just rubbish.

12. 0 and above.

    Boooooooooooooooo!

13. 1 and above.

    Go home.