Eddie Jones has addressed criticism of his decision to take Marcus Smith off and replacing him with George Ford following England's 20-17 defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.
England were winning 17-10 with 20 minutes to play following a great try from Smith, but a Luke Cowan-Dickie yellow card handed Scotland the impetus they needed to snatch a result.
A penalty proved to be the difference as Joe Marler was left to take lineouts following Cowan-Dickie's sin-binning - the Harlequins prop threw the ball short to Alex Dombrandt but the throw was deemed not to have reached the required five-metres.
This oversight from the England management team proved pivotal in the match but Eddie Jones has reacted positively saying that the game 'could have gone either way' following a dramatic series of scrums that ultimately proved unsuccessful for England.
Jones gave his thoughts on the game to the BBC's Sonja McLaughlan after the game at Murrayfield: "It was a good game by our team", he said.
"Scotland were better than us, took their chances and there was nothing in the game - it was a three point game that could have gone either way, but congratulations to Scotland - they deserved the victory.
"We don't apportion any blame to Luke, he was just contesting the ball in a different area and the referee adjudicated it was a yellow card so we accept that and just get on with it.
"I think we had opportunities in that second-half to keep going and we just weren't clinical enough.", he added, "We've only got ourselves to blame".
"I just thought George (Ford) could lift the game a little bit, but Marcus played really well and we're really happy with his performance, but it's a 23-man game.
"Given the quality of the competition, all we've got to worry about is the next game - get a win against Italy and we're back in the competition."
Tom Curry replaced Owen Farrell as captain for the fixture, making his debut as England captain and will have been disappointed not to be able to lift the Calcutta Cup with England coming so close.
Curry explained his emotions after the game: "First-half I thought we put ourselves in a really good position but second-half our discipline cost us - It's one of those games with mixed emotions really.
"We need to reflect and be better ourselves", he added, "credit to them, they put a lot of pressure on in the tackle area and the breakdown and we probably weren't accurate enough to slow them down, we'll have a look at it.
It is a third time in four games that Scotland have denied England victory, all of which coming under Gregor Townsend, who won the Five Nations in 1999 for his country and this win will only fuel talk of a repeat.
Scotland coach Townsend responded to the result, saying: "I don't think any Scottish supporter has been as excited about a set of scrums at the end of a game, or as nervous to end the game like that.
"It's a great occasion and that's why sport and the Six Nations is something you have to live through and that was a brilliant end, for us, obviously.
