When the stakes are at their highest as the Premiership season approaches its final furlongs, every moment, every mistake, could be crucial. There could have been as many as 11 points between Leicester and Saracens here come full time and, with Mark McCall’s side without a league victory since 4 January, it was not an exaggeration to suggest their season was on the line.
Defeat would have not made it mathematically impossible to reach the playoffs, but statistically improbable. When the pressure was at its highest, Saracens survived to claim a victory that not only shapes their season but perhaps influences the fate of several other teams, including the side they defeated in the spring sunshine.
