Manchester United might finally have the Jadon Sancho they've been waiting for

When Jadon Sancho began to feel the tiredness creeping in on Friday night it was hardly a surprise he clutched his hamstring and stretched his groin. He had hardly stopped running all night.

It was another desperate night in a season of disappointments, but Sancho was one of the few positives. His Manchester United career has been a slow-burn so far but over the next four months he's going to have a prominent role to play, so this was an encouraging evening.

It looked like even that bright spark would end up turning into a negative when Sancho signalled he had to come off with the final act of normal time, but he carried on for another 10 minutes before he could run no longer. Ralf Rangnick confirmed after the game that was it tiredness, rather than an injury, that had ended the 21-year-old's night.

United will need to get the cotton wool out before Tuesday's trip to Turf Moor and the Old Trafford fixture with Southampton next weekend. The options out wide looked like a strength at the start of the season, but now Mason Greenwood is unavailable and Anthony Martial and Amad have left on loan.

Sancho looks like a surefire starter almost every week between now and the end of the season. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Elanga can compete for the other spot out wide, with Jesse Lingard all in reserve. Rashford's form has fluctuated recently, Elanga is still raw at 19 and Lingard has been peripheral this season. United need Sancho to step forward now.

He struggled initially after his £73million move from Borussia Dortmund, finding it difficult to adapt to the goldfish bowl of life at Old Trafford and the freestyle nature of United's attack under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Sancho was a star in a well-drilled attacking system at