Erik ten Hag believes the partnership of Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Jadon Sancho on the left wing is proving dangerous for Manchester United.
Sancho was impressive against Sheriff Tiraspol, opening the scoring with a well-taken goal that had been created by Eriksen after another smart team move.
The 22-year-old impressed as a right-winger in pre-season, but since the £85million signing of Antony he has moved back to the left and he was a constant threat to Sheriff on Thursday night.
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"Jadon has so much potential. He had a good pre-season, he’s on his way to get really fit, he has to keep going with the process," he said.
"The second thing is he scores a lot of goals in pre-season, he continues in the moment in the season, he’s more secure, we can play over him, that left side with Tyrell and Christian Eriksen, I was happy with that triangle and how they moved together."
Sancho missed out on an England recall earlier on Thursday, but his performance was a timely reminder to Gareth Southgate. Instead, Ten Hag will have the winger in for training at Carrington during the international break, alongside Marcus Rashford if he is fit enough to return.
Ten Hag is convinced there is more to come from both of his England forwards and while Rashford's injury ruled him out of contention for the Nations League games against Italy and Germany, Sancho was overlooked.
"It’s not up to me, it’s the manager of England, I cannot be in his seat, I don’t want to do it," said Ten Hag of Sancho's commission.
"They are progressing, they are starting the season well, they will progress even more, I am convinced of that, they will progress even more in the coming weeks of months."
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