Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill insisted his side's stunning comeback against Sale was no surprise to him.
Diamond admits defeat is a reality check for his side
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill insisted his side's stunning comeback against Sale was no surprise to him.
The Tigers scored 31 unanswered second-half points to win 34-13 in a thrilling Aviva Premiership clash.
Cockerill said: "Historically we've been very good at that. We believe in the systems that we use conditioning-wise.
"We've had a bit of stick across the board about everything in the past six or seven weeks, but we've stuck to our guns and we've worked through it and believed in the stuff we do.
"Tonight we got proved right, but it's one win and there's a long way to go.
"We've got London Irish next week, who are a very good side, and we need to be more accurate in certain parts of our game because in other games you will get punished and not recover from that."
Sale executive director of sport Steve Diamond was left deeply frustrated by his side's second-half capitulation.
Pressure
The defeat served as a reality check for the Sharks and ended their winning start to the season on home soil after three victories.
Diamond said: "I think after 10 minutes of the second half we realised where we are at. We had no ball and the pressure told. Against a side like Leicester you can't compete.
"Our set-piece let us down, they scored from two driving mauls five metres out and our scrum didn't look very stable for most of the game.
"We've got a lot to work on and we got taught a lesson today, but that's how you learn.
"We will go away and lick our wounds and come back. We showed how good we can be in the first half but the second half we showed our Jekyll and Hyde character."
