Hannibal Mejbri makes his mark but Jamie Bynoe-Gittens makes the difference vs Manchester United in Youth League

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens has trodden the same path as Jadon Sancho from Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund and is also under the guidance of the same agent, Emeka Obasi. United might hope he also returns to the red side of Manchester.

Like Sancho, Bynoe-Gittens hails from London, sports the '7' for Dortmund and operates from the flank. His 16th-minute goal on the breakaway was typical of Dortmund, their thread from first to youth team very much apparent. Bynoe-Gittens' second was more individualistic but no less admirable. United centre-back Rhys Bennett was beaten by pace and the goalkeeper Radek Vitek by the power of the shot.

Obasi moved Bynoe-Gittens to Dortmund from City in 2020 to keep them sweet ahead of the inevitable departure of Sancho, whom United first tried to sign as a 17-year-old in 2017 and again 18 months ago. With Dortmund such a fading force they were relegated from the Champions League group stage to the Europa League and ejected from that last week by Rangers, Bynoe-Gittens' promotion could be fast-tracked.

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United denied Bynoe-Gittens in normal time but not in the penalty shootout. Deliberately designated as Dortmund's fifth taker, he struck nervelessly to secure a 3-1 shootout triumph. Charlie McNeill, Hannibal Mejbri and Noam Emeran's failed from 12 yards.

Development is prioritised over success by United and they remain best in class at producing first-teamers in the UK. They are still starved of trophies at academy level and caressing silver at such a callow age cannot be downplayed. They have the FA Youth Cup semi-final against Wolves at Old Trafford next week.

Dortmund's seven matches in the Youth League prior to their appearance at Leigh featured