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Ralf Rangnick tipped Scott McTominay 

to one day don the captain's armband 

for Manchester United after the 

midfielder led his side to FA Cup third

 round victory over Aston Villa 

on Monday.

The Scotland international scored the 

only goal of the game at Old Trafford 

and his second in the last three matches

 with a fine header that eluded the 

grasp of Emiliano Martinez 

eight minutes in.

Villa then had the ball in the net 

twice in the second half, but saw 

both efforts ruled out.

"He is an academy boy, his energy 

is amazing," Rangnick told BBC 

Sport when asked about United's 

goalscoring midfielder.

"He now also starts scoring goals 

and also with some leadership skills. 

I wouldn't be surprised if in a couple 

of years he would be the captain

 of this team."

McTominay had also done his 

part in their previous victory, providing

 a spectacular opening goal in their 

3-1 win over Burnley at the end 

of December.

Rangnick also had warm words 

for David de Gea, who kept Villa 

at bay late on with a string of fine stops.

"We have to develop the team into

 a clean sheet team and that was 

another one today, but still David 

de Gea was outstanding again for 

me today," he added.

"I would have wanted him to have 

less saves in total, I think we had 

four or five shots on goal, but again 

we can still improve even in that

 area."