Luis Suárez has been named the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year for 13-14, becoming the first non-European to win the award.

Suárez picked up the award at the PFA ceremony in London hours after Liverpool lost to Chelsea.

Suárez was voted in by members of the PFA ahead of Chelsea's Eden Hazard in second and City's Yaya Touré in third.

"The Premier League is full of really great players and so it is a great honour when these players recognise your work on the pitch," he said. "I always try my best for the team and it is nice to get awards but really this is for my team-mates and the staff at Liverpool because without their help I wouldn't have this prize. This is for my team-mates and staff and for my wife and children."

Hazard was named young player of the year ahead of Daniel Sturridge and Southampton's teenage full-back Luke Shaw in second and third respectively.