Premiership: Leicester Tigers 17-29 Saracens

Saracens stopped a scuttle of seven successive defeats by beating Leicester at Welford Avenue to climb to second within the Premiership.

Jonny Would possibly maybe’s deliberate knock-on gave Saracens a penalty are trying to hooker Jamie George rumbled in for a second.

Saracens led 17-zero nonetheless Tigers hit attend when Mathew Tait scored within the nook.

Owen Farrell’s boot prolonged Sarries’ lead nonetheless a penalty are trying kept Leicester within the hunt before winger Would possibly maybe became once despatched off for a second offence.

The guests additionally accomplished the game with 14 men after prop Mako Vunipola became once sin-binned after a series of scrum penalties, nonetheless held on for their first rep since beating London Irish on 28 October.

Saracens moved up two locations within the table – 10 aspects within the attend of leaders Exeter – with Leicester closing in sixth.

England fly-half Farrell’s kicking became once most ceaselessly immaculate as he contributed 19 aspects, with the lengthy-fluctuate penalty are trying by Marcelo Bosch which drifted huge the handiest miss by the guests.

Leicester showed masses of grit after falling within the attend of early on with Adam Thompstone’s suave internal cross allowing Tait to drive his methodology in on the nook, and Sarries didn’t region up a single point while Would possibly maybe became once off the pitch after his first yellow card.

However the house aspect would possibly well additionally never compile any closer than seven aspects and Would possibly maybe’s exit from lawsuits left them with too worthy to stay within the closing 11 minutes.

Leicester director of rugby Matt O’Connor: « You would possibly well presumably not give a facet as goal correct as Saracens a 17-point launch and we like been repeatedly chasing the game after that.

« They deserved to rep as we like been too inaccurate and sick-disciplined at key moments, for, even though we dominated the region scrums, we like been successfully within the attend of on the penalty count.

« They like been scientific and took their probabilities and made us work exhausting for all the pieces. Jonny Would possibly maybe’s card wasn’t why we misplaced, nonetheless it indubitably’s harsh and I’d cherish the law makers to like a like a look at it. »

Saracens director of rugby Label McCall: « It became once a confident bellow from us as we like been goal correct with or with out the ball and our penalty count became once very low.

« I’m comfy that we are attend to winning ways nonetheless we like been never a ways faraway from victory.

« We did leave a few tries out there nonetheless we like been on top of things and I didn’t specialise within the crimson card affected the tip result in any methodology.

« Jackson Wray has been one amongst most consistent performers and he became once common nonetheless I conception we like been goal correct across the board with Ben Spencer impressing and Marcelo Bosch facing [Manu] Tuilagi very successfully. »

Leicester: Tait; Thompstone, Tuilagi, Toomua, Would possibly maybe; Ford, B Youngs; Mulipola, T Youngs (captain), Cole, Fitzgerald, Kitchener, Mapapalangi, Williams, Kalafamoni.

Replacements: Polota-Nau, Traynor, Baumann, Wells, Hamilton, Harrison, Ford, Malouf.

Saracens: Goode; Maitland, Bosch, Lozowski, Wyles; Farrell, Spencer; Vunipola, George, Figallo, Skelton, Kruis, Isiekwe, Clark, Wray.

Replacements: Tolofua, Barrington, Koch, Rhodes, Burger, Whiteley, Tompkins, Earle.

Referee: Matthew Carley.

Attendance: 24,873