The midfielder had picked up an injury on international duty with Belgium last weekend.
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The Polish international, 32, beat off opposition from Manchester City’s midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, and Bayern team-mate, Manuel Neuer.
The 32-year-old saw off opposition from club teammate and German number one Manuel Neur and the Belgium and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.
Lewandowski helped Bayern Munich to their sixth UEFA Champions League title, finishing as the competition’s top goalscorer with 15 goals.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, regular faces for the award, were not on the final shortlist
The Belgian playmaker beat Liverpool trio of Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Southampton striker Danny Ings, Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope and Leicester’s Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy to the award.
Manchester City fell behind to Maxwel Cornet’s strike in a sloppy first half of the quarter-final match
The win was more fitting as it came in midfielder David Silva’s final league game for last season’s champions
The midfielder, who lifted the Reds’ first title for 30 years on Wednesday, was the outright winner ahead of Kevin De Bruyne.
Both sides seemed to be holding each other at arms’ length for much of the first half, but Jesus tested Thibaut Courtois after being slipped in by De Bruyne’s incisive pass, before City suffered a major blow as Aymeric Laporte limped off injured
Goals from Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne were enough to seal a comfortable 2-0 win for Manchester City to leave West Ham languishing in the relegation zone.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola needed only 15 minutes in training to get the tactical changes which led to Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Manchester United, playmaker Kevin De Bruyne said.
Eden Hazard was named Red Devil player of the Year 2019, Belgian Football Union (RBFA) announced on Monday.
Manchester City used second-half goals from Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne to beat Sheffield United 2-0 at the Etihad on Sunday night.
Norwich’s Teemu Pukki has been rewarded for his fantastic start to the season by winning the PFA Premier League Player of the Month award for August.
The hosts took the lead through Kevin De Bruyne with just over a minute played as David Silva cut the ball back for him to score a simple goal, and City maintained their dominance throughout the rest of the game.
Manchester City have moved back above Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table courtesy their win over Cardiff City on Wednesday.
Holders Manchester City can look forward to defending the League Cup in next month’s final at Wembley as Gabriel Jesus struck four goals in a 9-0 thrashing of Burton Albion in their semi-final, first leg on Wednesday.
On the other hand, Bournemouth make the trip to the Etihad Stadium having suffered three successive defeats, but the Cherries still remain in eighth place in the table.
Manchester City turned on the style to see off Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 in Tuesday’s Champions League clash at the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex.