Maro Itoje implores England to stop leaving him so late, since they organize another great escape to keep his unlikely offer of title of the six nations alive.

England captain Maro Itje admitted that his team must learn to take control of the games after his deceased victory in the Calcutta Cup left Scotland.

Finn Russell lost a conversion at the last minute on Twickenham to deliver to England his first victory over Scotland since 2020. He was a second victory of the six nations for England, to keep his unlikely offer of title alive.

“We have been at the end of some negative results, tight in the last moments of games, and now we are finding a way to win these exchanges adjustments,” Itoje said.

'Today was good, it was not perfect, we still leaked some attempts, but the fight, the character and the energy that the children continued to show was very, very good.

'All these experiences build the character of the team and hope we can continue to build, but it would be good if it were not so narrow at the end. We will work hard to make it a little easier for Steve. I think a little more Steve's hair (Borthwick) could fall if we continue doing this. “

The result arose controversially. Tommy Freeman scored the only attempt in England, but there were justified complaints of the Scottish camp that he did not move the ball.

Finn Russell wasted a late conversion after Duhan Van Der Merwe surpassed

Tommy Freeman exceeded the only attempt at England's game in a controversial way

Marcus Smith was a tip from the TEE, with kicks demonstrating the decisive factor in the contest

Maro Itoje took England to a first house victory in the Calcuta Cup in eight years on Twickenham

“The referee said I understood it,” Freeman said with a shy smile, before asking anything more questions about the attempt. 'I felt that I went to the ground. You must have seen it on the ground.

Scotland scored three attempts, but England snatched the victory thanks to Marcus and End Smith's penalties. His final score came from a controversial call in collapse, when Ben Curry had dangerously eliminated Scotland.

“I felt the decision he told us to win three points, where we eliminated someone from Ruck, I just don't know what a penalty is,” said Scotland coach Gregor Towsend. 'We have taken someone out of the ruck, they are two feet from the ground, there are no legs in motion or (beyond the) horizontal. So many great collisions in the game, that is an interesting call.

England coach Borthwick added: 'What pleases me is that I think the team is evolving. We do not necessarily want to play as we have played today. We want the ball in hand to move the ball. We have a lot of creative talent, but Scotland is trying to prevent you from doing that. We find a way to win.