Graham Alexander, a play-off winner at his seventh attempt, did bring down the largely anonymous Howard with a tackle from behind but Dean waved away United's penalty appeals.

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The ball came in from one of the lads to Emile, I'd gone to try and tackle him from behind - he didn't actually see me coming - we both went off balance and Emile's weight went down on my knee.

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And El Tri probably should have been awarded one in the 76th when Maurice Edu took down Aquino from behind with a sliding tackle.

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Replacement flanker Joe Worsley saved England from falling further behind when his tap tackle on Vincent Clerc denied a certain try for the France winger with 12 minutes remaining.

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