Sancho and Sabitzer deal Ten Hag a huge blow in the race for European football

Jadon Sancho may have dealt Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag a huge blow after Borussia Dortmund bounced back against Atletico Madrid to secure a spot in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday night.

Dortmund came into the tie 2-1 down, and were perhaps lucky to not concede more at the Metropolitano Stadium last Wednesday, considering Atletico's dominant performance.

Yet, Edin Terzic's side produced an epic comeback to win 4-2 (5-4 on aggregate) at the Signal Iduna Park last night, with ex-Man united star, Marcel Sabitzer, firing the German's into the semi-finals with his strike in the 74th minute.

Sancho, meanwhile, who returned to Dortmund on loan in January, didn't get on the score sheet, but was on the field for all four goals and alongside Sabitzer, may have compounded further woes for the Red Devils boss amid what's been a rollercoaster of a season.

Manchester United are currently seventh in the league table, having not won in their last four games. Concerns have been mounting that Ten Hag's side could miss out on qualifying for the Champions League next season, having already crashed out of the tournament at the group stages in December.

Next season, the illustrious European tournament will be expanded from 32 teams to 36 teams, meaning there are two additional spots up for grabs.

UEFA will award those places to the countries that have the best co-efficient across the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League this season.

Italy are currently top of that ranking withan average coefficient of 18.428, with AC Milan, Roma, Atalanta and Fiorentina all still in European competitions.

Germany are currently ranked second in the standings at 17.214 after Dortmund's win on Tuesday, just 0.464 points