Thierry Henry has praised Jadon Sancho for coming back from his mental struggles at Manchester United to produce an exceptional individual performance in Borussia Dortmund\u2019s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n Sancho was arguably the standout player on the pitch in Wednesday\u2019s Champions League semi-final first leg at Signal Iduna Park, proving a constant thorn in PSG\u2019s side as Niclas Fullkrug\u2019s 36th-minute strike put Dortmund in control ahead of next week\u2019s contest in Paris.<\/p>\n The Germany striker should really have had a second after a magical piece of wing play from Sancho on the hour mark, though blazed his effort over the bar from five yards out, much to the relief of PSG\u2019s away fans at a raucous Westfalenstadion.<\/p>\n Sancho has largely flattered to deceive in United colours following a high-profile move from Dortmund back in 2021 and the England attacker rejoined the Bundesliga club on loan in January in the hope of reviving his career.<\/p>\n And while Sancho had shown signs of returning to his frightening best, his display against Kylian Mbappe and co was the biggest reminder yet of the winger\u2019s undoubted talent that convinced the Red Devils to part with \u00a373million just three years ago.<\/p>\n Analysing Dortmund\u2019s victory in the TNT Sports studio, United great Rio Ferdinand waxed lyrical about Sancho\u2019s showing, pondering why the forward has struggled to hit such heights in Manchester.<\/p>\n Legendary ex-Arsenal striker Henry was similarly blown away and applauded Sancho for managing to dig himself out of the mental rut he found himself in at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n \u2018We all know that he struggled mentally at Manchester United. The power of the brain and how you can be as a professional\u2026 when you\u2019re not well here [in the mind], or at home, or whatever it is, you cannot perform. I don\u2019t care where you are or who you are or the talent that you have,\u2019 Henry said on CBS Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018You can see that things are a bit better up there, whatever the struggle was with him, because to do what he did tonight\u2026 I think at Manchester United he played 48 games and only dribbled past a player seven times. He did that in the first ten minutes tonight.<\/p>\n \u2018All I can say is: don\u2019t underestimate that. Mental health is not an easy thing to deal with and you can see that when someone is well up there then they can perform, so well done, big man.\u2019<\/p>\n According to Henry, Sancho made an \u2018amazing\u2019 decision when he opted to complete a temporary move back to Dortmund midway through the campaign.<\/p>\n \u2018You need to feel the love, you need to feel that you\u2019re important and you can\u2019t lose your football just like that,\u2019 Henry added.<\/p>\n \u2018We all know that it happened to me, sometimes when you\u2019re not well you cannot perform on the field, whatever situation you have outside.<\/p>\n \u2018More often than not we are very critical on guys that don\u2019t perform because you are at a big club and you don\u2019t perform, but you tend to forget about what\u2019s happening outside the field.<\/p>\n![\"Jadon](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2151011306.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=644%2C429\")
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