The Northern Ireland international keeper went back to haunt his old Fulham colleague's with three superb first half saves to help Blues to a goalless draw and keep their record of having never been beaten by the The Cottagers in a Premier League game intact.
"Maik is a good keeper. I wanted to keep him but he's not a number two - he's a number one," Coleman said."He wanted to play first-team football and Van der Sar was standing in his way.
"He was a good servant for us and sat on the bench for two years and kept his mouth shut.