Richard Cockerill says there is still room to improve after Leicester 's 38-5 win over Worcester.
Bonus-point win fails to satisfy Leicester's acting boss
Leicester's acting head coach Richard Cockerill believes there is still plenty of room for improvement following the 38-5 victory over Worcester at Welford Road.
The Tigers scored five tries to secure a bonus-point success but Cockerill admitted that Worcester's tenacious defence had frustrated his team's ambitions for long periods.
Leicester scored their tries in quick bursts in each half - Marcos Ayerza and Alex Tuilagi crossed in quick succession before the break and Ben Youngs, Sam Vesty and Matt Smith touched down in the space of eight second-half minutes.
"It's no secret that we are trying to play with the ball in the middle a bit more," Cockerill explained.
"I thought the endeavour was great but the execution was a bit poor and scrappy at times.
"It's hard against a team that doesn't want to play too much and they make you fight for every bit of contact.
Stifled
"But I'm obviously happy with the result and we need to start putting some pressure on the teams above us.
"We have not been used to playing like that and some of it is because Worcester stifled and frustrated us for long periods and we tried to force it a bit.
"We scored some good tries, we bombed some others great opportunities. But, all in all, you have got to take the result.
"It was a good win for us and something to build on but we will have to be sharper for London Irish next week."
Despite suffering their eighth Premiership defeat of the season, Worcester remain nine points clear of bottom club Bristol with a game in hand.
However, their director of rugby Mike Ruddock admitted their next three games are "cup finals" for his men - which shaped his decision to rotate his squad against Leicester.
Potential
"We have got Wasps and Northampton at home and Bristol away," Ruddock said.
"Those are three massive games for us, our cup finals, so it was important that we shared the load this week.
"We had to make a lot of tackles last week and the game before. To come to Leicester and get a result is going to take an effort from all 22 so I felt it
was appropriate to share the load today.
"Obviously we feel we are not playing to our full potential but next week we will hopefully get Chris Latham and Hal Luscombe back - and they will make a big difference.
"It would have been nice to have got a win at Leicester but it wasn't really a target game for us. The next three are massive target games for us."
