The importance of Jadon Sancho to Borussia Dortmund was underlined on Friday night when he registered a goal and an assist to limit the embarrassment of their 3-3 draw at home to Paderborn.



Dortmund went into half-time 3-0 down and on course for a humiliating defeat to the Bundesliga’s bottom side, only for Sancho to reduce the deficit with a neat finish shortly after the restart and later produce an inviting cross that set up captain Marco Reus to salvage a point in stoppage time.



It did not prevent the hosts from being booed off the pitch by their supporters, but there was at least some encouragement to be taken from the performance of Sancho, especially in light of recent events which risk souring what is likely to be his final season in Germany.



Alarm bells started to ring last month as the 19-year-old was dropped and fined by Dortmund before their meeting with Borussia Monchengladbach for returning late from international duty — with sporting...