Rio Ferdinand has waxed lyrical about Manchester United flop Jadon Sancho after his incredible performance against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Sancho was arguably the best player on the park as he helped inspire a crucial 1-0 first-leg victory in Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League semi-final at home to the French champions.
Niclas Fullkrug scored the only goal of the game with a thunderous left-footed finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma but the German club will be frustrated not to have a more handsome advantage ahead of next week’s second leg.
Sancho created lots of chances, including one sitter for Fullkrug after a superb run and cut-back, and looked back to his best.
The England international had three key passes, one big chance created, 0.35 expected assists and an astonishing 13 successful dribbles, the most by an Englishman in a Champions League game.
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Unsurprisingly, his performance has resulted in criticism towards Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, who banished Sancho earlier this season and sanctioned a loan move to Dortmund, where the Red Devils signed him for £73million in 2021.
United legend Ferdinand was very impressed with Sancho against PSG, but noted that we never saw this sort of performance at Old Trafford.
“He was shaking and baking top players,” Ferdinand told TNT Sports. “He’s making people dance. It was a joke what he has done today.
“We haven’t seen this probably since he was at Dortmund. He isn’t just a dribbler, he isn’t somebody who just runs and runs.
“He’s a footballer who wants to come in and play one-twos, be part of the game and the tempo. The arrogance is a great point as well, what I saw today more than anything
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