Kylian Mbappé may have been the biggest star on the field in PSG’s clash with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night but it was Jadon Sancho who was the best player in the match.

Sancho, who returned to Dortmund on loan in January after falling out with Erik ten Hag at Man United, seemed to have been reborn at Signal Iduna Park as his team won 1-0 against PSG in the first leg. went to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The English winger was extremely impressive and defeated PSG full-back Nuno Mendes repeatedly, thereby winning the man of the match award.

In Dortmund’s 1-0 win over PSG, Sancho dribbled past people 12 times, the highest number in a Champions League match since 2008, when Lionel Messi dribbled past Man United players 16 times. The English player received the highest score in the match, even though he did not score or assist.

It didn’t take long for Sancho to become the number 1 trend on social network X as his agile feet attracted viewers’ attention.

Fans were full of praise for the Englishman’s performance, saying he was “the best player on the field”.

“PSG may have lost this match but Erik ten Hag was the biggest loser tonight,” one person wrote.

Another person posted: “Sancho had a good first half, but the second half was extraordinary. Shining in an arena like the Champions League shows his class.”

Journalist Henry Winter wrote: “Jadon Sancho is flying high. Full of speed, skill and confidence.”

“Sancho is another player in the Dortmund shirt,” another fan concluded.

Sancho still has a contract with Man United until the summer of 2026, but he is being loaned by Dortmund for the second phase of this season, because of a disagreement with Ten Hag. Sancho has just scored 12 goals in 82 matches for Man United, since joining the team in the summer of 2021 from Dortmund. His loan contract with the German club will expire at the end of the season.