![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/four-areas-where-england-broke-down-against-argentina-and-how-to-fix-them/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000315339015_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqfj-IvSTndATwagH-7DDmRXu_RfBugnp_zSf3C4PdltI.jpeg&description=England began their autumn campaign with a disappointing home loss to Argentina, their first to Los Pumas since 2006. Where did it all go wrong for Eddie Jones' side? Telegraph Sport picks out four areas that require attention ahead of the challenge of Japan on Saturday - with New Zealand and South Africa lurking on the horizon. Eddie Jones bemoaned his side's inability to convert their opportunities after the loss. "We didn't finish well," he said. "How many times did we get into their 22 and the pass went to no one? At times we played through them really well - there was a development in our game today that was positive but it's not good enough. And we know that." Nowhere was this more stark than in the numbers. England made 14 line breaks; Argentina did not get into double figures. England spent 8m18s in Los Pumas' 22, but the visitors spent just 1m35s in the hosts'. Argentina, encapsulated by that thrilling Emilaino Boffelli try early in the second half, were clinical in taking their opportunities. The visitors scored four points for every visit to the England 22; the hosts managed just three. Other than Joe Cokanasiga barging over to score in the first half, England lacked cutting edge which, with the back-line firepower at their disposal - alongside Cokanasiga, Jack Nowell and Manu Tuilagi are explosive ball-carriers - is curious. It is telling, however, that England achieved most success when they were at their simplest, most direct. Against Japan, with the talents of Tuilagi and Nowell vastly underused against Argentina, that must be the order of the day. Midway through the first half, showed England at their direct best, but also at their wasteful worst. After a solid line-out maul on the Argentina five-metre line, England unleash the heavies. Billy Vunipola carries first before Kyle Sinckler joins the act. The tighthead has made a name for himself through his dainty handling ability but, with that, there have been criticisms that he had lost a touch of tha){kind=link}
It was a second-half meltdown of sorts at Twickenham filled with individual mistakes
England began their autumn campaign with a disappointing home loss to Argentina, their first to Los Pumas since 2006.
Where did it all go wrong for Eddie Jones’ side? Telegraph Sport picks out four areas that require attention ahead of the challenge of Japan on Saturday – with New Zealand and South Africa lurking on the horizon.
Eddie Jones bemoaned his side’s inability to convert their opportunities after the loss.
“We didn’t finish well,” he said. “How many times did we get into their 22 and the pass went to no one? At times we played through them really well – there was a development in our game today that was positive but it’s not good enough. And we know that.”