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Van der Sar pleased with winning Man Utd return

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was delighted with his winning return against Bolton Wanderers.

Van der Sar's calmness was needed as Bolton staged a late rally in United's 2-1 win.

"When you come back you always want to keep a clean sheet," he admitted. "But the most important thing is the three points and we hung on today and deserved the win. I enjoyed the game and it was good to get another victory."

The Dutchman also told MUTV: "Jussi Jaaskelainen played spectacularly again and pulled off some fantastic saves.

"At 2-0 the game wasn't over and Bolton scored a scrappy goal - we didn't defend well on that one. We didn't panic but the game should have been done and dusted. Instead, we were left to fight to hold onto the lead. We had to dig a bit deeper than we maybe expected after 50 or 60 minutes."

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