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Luke Shaw praises Manchester United unsung hero Jadon Sancho
13.02.2022 - 08:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Luke Shaw has told Jadon Sancho to keep his head high after emerging as a shining light during Manchester United's difficult run of form.
Sancho scored United's goal to give them the lead against Southampton yesterday but for the third game in a row that advantage was lost and they had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
The £73million winger was a regular threat to Southampton's defence, however. He created two excellent chances for Cristiano Ronaldo and for the third successive game looked United's best player.
Sancho has taken time to settle in such joining from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, but he's beginning to hit top form now and has done so primarily from the left-wing, combining well with Shaw.
The full-back always expected Sancho to need time to adapt to the Premier League and to United but now he's found his form he wants him to go from strength to strength at Old Trafford.
“It wasn’t going to be easy for him, it’s tough to settle in, not too many settle in straight away, his form is picking up really well, he’s really impressing me at the moment, impressing everyone and he needs to keep that up," Shaw told MUTV.
"I know he can get better and better, he’s doing really well, he needs to keep his head up and keep his confidence. You can see his confidence is high and he’s improving and getting better and better."
Sancho has made himself undroppable at the moment but United are in desperate need of converting their draws into wins.
After dropping points from a winning position for a second successive Premier League game they are now sweating on the results of West Ham, Arsenal and Tottenham in the race to secure fourth and a spot in next season's Champions League.
United can make up some ground in that race when they
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