Saracens lost their fifth consecutive match as Tim Visser scored a lucky late try to hand Harlequins victory in a scrappy, hard-fought match at the Twickenham Stoop.
Harlequins (5) 20
Tries: Walker x2, Visser
Cons: Lang
Pens: Lang
Saracens (10) 19
Tries: Barritt
Cons: Farrell
Pens: Farrell x4
The visitors had lead 10-5 at the break following a Brad Barritt converted try and an Owen Farrell penalty, with Charlie Walker crossing for Quins.
Farrell scored two more after the break to give Saracens a more convincing 16-8 lead, but a couple of quick-tap penalties from scrum-half Danny Care swung the game in Harlequins favour in the last ten minutes after it seemed they were completely out of the contest.
Charlie Walker again went over after racing onto Care's kick, which would have undoubtedly been a penalty try if he hadn't scored it, before Visser did the same to another Care crossfield kick to snatch the game at the last.
Harlequins massively deserved the victory having dominated both possession and territory after going behind in the second minute when Vincent Koch's line break set up Brad Barritt to score. A big MOTM performance from Chris Robshaw was undoubtedly one of the underlying factors of their win.
The Harlequins win cements Gloucester's league position of 2nd, and further raises eyebrows of how Saracens (with the team and history they have) could possibly lose 5 on the trot in all competitions.
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Saracens and Gloucester both have difficult matches in the next Round of the Aviva Premiership, with both teams travelling to Leicester and Wasps respectively.
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