Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall pointed to his side's discipline as a major contributing factor in their 21-13 loss at Leicester Tigers.
"They took advantage of our sin-binnings in the second half much better than we did theirs in the first half," McCall said.
"We fought very hard and the way we defended in the first half was outstanding.
"Today we lacked a bit of fire-power and we made a few fundamental errors.
"The Six Nations has hit us hard but we're very, very proud of our players. All of them have been integral to it.
"It hasn't been an easy period for us and everyone knows we've been stretched.
"It was good for us to get Schalk Brits back today and Alex Goode had a huge game.
"Alex is a product of the club and he was desperate to play despite only having a few hours' sleep and arriving back at Luton from Paris at 6am this morning.
"Next week it will be great because it will be the first time in nine weeks we'll have some choices."
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