Tottenham boss Redknapp: Chelsea struggled without Ashley Cole

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says Chelsea badly missed Ashley Cole for this week's Champions League defeat to Inter Milan.

In his column for The Sun, Redknapp wrote: "The absence of Ashley Cole was clear. He is vital for Chelsea and England.

"Had the world's best left-back been playing, Chelsea would have been more inventive, more attacking, more of everything.

"Inter had a back-line of well-organised South Americans, who will all be World Cup starters this summer.

"But Cole would have unlocked them, because he is such a positive player. Sorry, Yuri Zhirkov is not in the same class."

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