Breaking news: ralf ragnick singled out one player that caught his eye after yesterday’s game and he will forever be in his line up..

 Scott mcTominay’s first half header proved

 decisive  to ensure the Red Devils progressed

 in the competition and set up a home tie 

with Middlesbrough.

While the midfielder was awarded the man of 

the match award for his display, Rangnick 

was left waxing lyrical about De Gea’s 

display in goal.

‘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 said.

‘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.’

The Spaniard has had busier nights in his 

career but when called into action he stood 

tall, with one of his best saves denying Matty 

Cash from a tight angle in the second half.

Rangnick wanted a reaction from his side 

following a disappointing 1-0 defeat to 

Wolves last time out but United were far 

from convincing against a dominant Villa.

Marcus Rashford and Victor Lindelof both

 endured difficult games and Rangnick’s 

desire to see his team press is still clearly a 

work in progress.

Asked if his side are progressing though

, he replied: ‘Yes. To say that this was 

a perfect game, nobody would believe that

. Of course it was not.

‘We still have quite a few things we can 

get better at but a clean sheet was important 

today and we worked together.

‘There are still a lot of things to improve

 but it is easier to do that with a 1-0 win.

‘Am I happy with the draw against 

Middlesbrough? Yes, that was the goal today

: to try and get through.

‘We knew, from the very moment that 

we got the draw [against Villa], that there 

could have been easier draws.

‘But still, we won it. And now, in five days

, we play them again in Birmingham. It 

will be another tough, tough game for us.’