Erik ten Hag has been mercilessly ridiculed by fans on social media after Jadon Sancho - who he froze out at Manchester United - reached the Champions League final.
Ten Hag banished Sancho from training or eating with his team-mates after a rift in September and he did not play again before joining Dortmund on loan in January.
Sancho had publicly branded Ten Hag a liar over his reasons for dropping him in a 3-1 defeat by Arsenal in September and refused to apologise.
The manager's principled handling of the falling-out earned him praise as it proved he trusted his own authority, even over £73million wonderkids.