Manchester United fans are convinced that Erik ten Hag has been vindicated after Jadon Sancho’s shocking performance for Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Jadon Sancho made his stunning return to Borussia Dortmund in January as part of a loan deal after he was frozen out of the Manchester United first team.
The 23-year-old United loanee had taken aim at Erik ten Hag after the Red Devils boss publicly criticised him after the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal last September.
Ten Hag claimed that Sancho had not impressed enough in training to warrant a place in his United squad for the trip to the Emirates in the Premier League.
Following Sancho’s bombshell statement on social media in response to Ten Hag’s criticism, the United outcast was excluded from the club’s first team.
Sancho, who reportedly refused to apologise to Ten Hag, was able to make his long-awaited return to first-team football after he secured a move to Dortmund.
Sancho’s Dortmund performance vs PSV
Jadon Sancho made an immediate impact in his return to Borussia Dortmund after he came off the bench and picked up an assist in a 3-0 win over Darmstadt 98.
However, the former England international endured a disappointing night in the Champions League after Dortmund were held to a 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven.
Donyell Malen fired the German club into a first-half lead before Luuk de Jong pulled the scoreline level for PSV Eindhoven in the second half from the spot-kick.
Sancho started the first-leg round-of-16 clash at the Philips Stadium and the Dortmund winger was withdrawn in the 68th minute for Marius Wolf.
Statman Dave on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, highlighted the main stats from Sancho’s underwhelming performance against PSV.
Sancho failed to create a single chance for Dortmund and had no shots for the Bundesliga outfit, with the Manchester United loanee losing possession 12 times.
The ex-Three Lions star had a pass accuracy of 71 per cent and Sancho left the pitch without scoring or registering an assist in the first-leg Champions League tie.
Man Utd fans react to Sancho’s performance
“Ever since Sancho left, we’ve won all our matches. He was the negative energy at Manchester United,” one fan said.
Another wrote: “Sancho FC, [what’s up]? Sure, Sancho is proving us all wrong and showing Ten Hag how world class he is at Dortmund?”
“The Sancho crowd will be very quiet tonight I take it,” a third posted.
Someone else asked: “Where are the Sancho fan boys?”
While a fifth added: “Look at who they’ve been defending. Sancho didn’t deserve to have even a single breath of Manchester United.”
A sixth tweeted: “I think it is clear now that Ten Hag was in the right about Jadon Malik Sancho.”
And a seventh commented: “The Sancho we saw at United is back.”
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