Leicester left to rue missed chances in Racing loss

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  ESPN staff

Leicester Tigers will leave Paris frustrated after failing to convert several try-scoring chances as the brilliance of Leone Nakarawa was enough to give Racing 92 a 22-15 win in the Champions Cup.

Matt O'Connor's side got off to a flying start after a quick tap from Ben Youngs led to a Luke Hamilton try in the third minute.

But Racing 92 hit back as Nakarawa left his mark on the game with the French side's first try on 18 minutes before a pair of ridiculous offloads saw Bernard le Roux and Teddy Thomas over not long after to lead 19-10.

The home side's momentum was halted when Virimi Vakatawa was shown a yellow card for a high tackle and Jonny May made Racing pay with his seventh Leicester try in as many matches.

The visitors almost took the lead at half-time through Matt Smith who looked to have Leicester's third only for Census Johnston to dislodge the ball in a desperate try-saving tackle.

The second half turned scrappy as May came close to scoring his second while Maxime Machenaud extended Racing's lead to seven points with a penalty.

Leicester threw everything at Racing in the latter stages as George Ford narrowed the gap to four points but the Parisians held on for their second consecutive victory in this competition over the Tigers.

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Leicester left to rue missed chances in Racing loss