Manchester United's Jadon Sancho reveals the reason for shinpad celebration

Recently, Manchester United's Jadon Sancho received shin pads from a young fan of the club had gone viral on social media. After this, the club played their Europa League game against Sheriff Tiraspol. The Red Devils won easily by 2-0. During the 17th minute of the game, Jadon scored his only goal of the game. After scoring, he came up with a unique celebration.

Apparently, he held the shinpad he received from a young fan and showed it to the crowd. This caught the attention of the fans and social media alike. After the game, he spoke to BT Sport and talked about the celebration. Sancho revealed that he was asked by the fans to wear them and he had no problem with it. The striker added that he wanted to do a little gesture for the young fan by wearing the pads.

“He asked me to wear them (shin pads) and I said yes, no problem. It was a little gesture from me to show I was wearing the shin pads he gave me,” Sancho’s incredible performance coupled with Cristiano Ronaldo’s first goal of the season through a penalty takes the Red Devils to second place in their Europa League group.

I'm really pleased for Jadon: Erik Ten Hag

On the other hand, the United manager Erik Ten Hag praised Sancho for his form in the ongoing season. For the unversed, the latter has scored his third goal of the season. Meanwhile, Ten Hag maintained that even though the England player is doing well, there is a scope of improvement for him.

"I'm really pleased ," said Ten Hag.  "Another goal and he scored already many goals in his pre-season and he has three in the season. He is doing well. But I think there is much more room for improvement for him because he has so many skills. Bring him on the pitch when he has that belief, and he can improve even more."