Jadon Sancho has rediscovered the form that saw Manchester United splash out £72.9million on him, and it's good news for caretaker boss Michael Carrick.
That's the verdict from BT Sport pundits and former Old Trafford players - Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes - who hailed Sancho's first goal as a 'huge' moment for United.
A move four years in the making, the England forward returned to the Premier League over the summer after Borussia Dortmund finally agreed to play ball and sanction his transfer.
However, while the 21-year-old scored 50 goals and laid on 64 assists during four seasons in Germany, it's taken him 15 appearances to open his goalscoring account for United.
It came on a night where caretaker manager Michael Carrick also took charge for the first time.
Cristiano Ronaldo set the ball rolling for United against Villarreal - before Sancho rounded off the victory to confirm progression from Champions League Group F with a game to spare.
Hargreaves said: " Even if it wasn't pretty, you get the job done. That's the sport at our level, getting the job done.
"David [de Gea] made big saves and they started the game to get a draw and the game was there to be won. You bring on Marcus [Rashford], you bring on Bruno [Fernandes] with Ronaldo.
"Jadon was the best player on the pitch and looked like the Jadon we saw at Dortmund.
"That's a huge moment because defensively they've been all over the gaffe - only two teams have conceded more, so to keep a clean sheet here is huge and, with the attackers they have, they will always score."
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Scholes added: "I t was nothing special, it was people playing in their positions and playing it correctly, then they can bounce off. I keep saying it, but I thought Sancho was our best player and hope now he kicks on.
"He's a player who wants to play a possession game, but he won't get that a lot in the big games like on Sunday and he needs to adjust his game a bit to be more of a counter-attacking player.
"He looks like the player we signed for £70-odd million, that's where he's most comfortable. He's more of a footballer with great skills, but he's not the quickest."
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