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\nFormer Manchester United stars Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves were in complete agreement that Jadon Sancho looked far better for Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain than he ever did at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Dortmund beat PSG 1-0 in the first leg of the semi-final at Signal Iduna Park.<\/p>\n

While it was striker Niclas Fullkrug who scored the only goal of the tie, it was Sancho who ultimately stole all the headlines<\/a> in what was a masterclass from him.<\/p>\n

The Englishman completed 12 dribbles, won 13 ground duels and also delivered three key passes.<\/p>\n

During the 90 minutes he was on the pitch, Sancho was a constant problem for the PSG defenders, who simply couldn’t deal with him.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand spoke on TNT Sports (via The Mirror<\/a><\/em>) after the final whistle and questioned why Sancho has been unable to replicate his form for Dortmund at United.<\/p>\n

The six-time Premier League winner said, “He’s shaking and baking top players here. He’s putting people on the floor, he’s making people dance. It was a joke what he did today and we haven’t seen this, probably since he was at Dortmund before.”<\/p>\n

“He isn’t just a dribbler, he isn’t just somebody who runs and runs past people with pace. He’s a footballer who wants to come in and play one-twos, be part of the game and the tempo of that game. What I saw today more than anything, which I haven’t seen and have been waiting to see, and all Manchester United fans have been waiting to see, I saw cage-football Sancho today. This is the kid that grew up in cages, with that arrogance and that little bit of swagger.”<\/p>\n

“I’ve been sitting here saying that it’s there but we haven’t seen it. He’s in a groove. Once someone gets in a groove, we’ve seen it with different sportsmen in different sports, football, especially, when they’re in the groove and the confidence is there, they churn these performances out.”<\/p>\n

Ferdinand added, “He will come off this pitch with a high. He will see people going on about him on social media and love it and rightly so. Lap it up.”<\/p>\n

The former defender’s sentiments were echoed by Hargreaves<\/a> who noted that against the reigning Ligue 1 champions, Sancho looked “fitter, sharper and more confident.”<\/p>\n

Hargreaves also pointed out that the 24-year-old winger was more explosive in a display that reminded everyone why the Red Devils initially forked out big money to secure his services.<\/p>\n

Sancho is currently in the last month of his loan spell at Dortmund and it remains to be seen where his long-term future lies – whether that’s at United or in the Bundesliga, where he’s clearly at his best.<\/p>\n

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