The 32-year-old Lewandowski scored twice to earn Bayern a 2-1 come-from-behind win against Wolfsburg on Wednesday to keep the German champions one point behind Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen after 12 rounds.
Lewandowski also celebrated his 250th Bundesliga goal – from just 332 games – the Poland international becoming only the third player in league history to reach the milestone after Gerd Muller (365) and Klaus Fischer (268), though he is the first non-German to achieve the feat.
After 11 league games this season, Lewandowski has 15 goals, following a campaign where the star striker fired Bayern to Champions League glory, in addition to a domestic treble of the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup and Flick is adamant that his charge has earned the right to claim the prizes.
“Lewy is on one side very important on the pitch, but also he is in the inner circle of the squad,” Flick said post-match.
“[He] is of course a very important player who’s point of view truly counts.
“Therefore, we are all looking ahead. So that Manuel (Neuer) as well as Lewy will win their awards. Both players truly deserve it.”
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