England went down three tries to one against Ireland
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Under-fire England coach Andy Robinson was fuming over a series of controversial tries which helped Ireland win 28-24 at Twickenham.
Shane Horgan scored twice and Denis Leamy also crossed for Ireland.
"I'm very upset about the three tries that were given," said Robinson. "I'm really frustrated for the boys because I thought they put in a huge effort.
"That was a positive step for us. On another day we would have won the match and won it well."
Robinson was particularly irate with Ireland's first try when Horgan appeared to put a foot in touch as he hacked on following Brian O'Driscoll's kick-through.
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[Horgan's try] allowed Ireland back into the game and I'm absolutely staggered by that
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"I can't understand how a touch judge can award a try as it was," said Robinson.
"He (Horgan) was stood on the other side of the line and the ball was on the line. There was no doubt, it wasn't even 50-50.
"It allowed Ireland back into the game and I'm absolutely staggered by that."
Number eight Leamy's score came about after Ben Cohen was judged to have stepped onto the pitch as he attempted to take a line-out to himself, while Horgan's match-winning try also went to the video referee.
"We've lost the game by four points. It's small margins, but nothing really went our way today. I couldn't fault the effort of our players," said Robinson.
Robinson has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks
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"At times we played some very good rugby. I just felt throughout that Ireland were allowed to slow our ball down and when we slowed their ball down we got penalised."
England lost their last three Six Nations matches but Robinson refused to accept the team is in free-fall.
"There is only one disappointing performance for us and that was last weekend against France," he said.
"I thought against Scotland we performed very, very well but just didn't finish them off, and today I felt we played well but again we didn't finish them off.
"Against Italy and Wales we won, France was disappointing but again we gave them three tries from our mistakes.
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Everybody will be reviewed, including myself... but I'm not expecting to be going anywhere
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"International rugby can change very, very quickly and the momentum of the game can swing on decisions that are made.
"Today I felt we were on the wrong end of a number of decisions and that's disappointing. Credit to Ireland though. They've come here and taken their chances and played well."
And Robinson insisted he would still be at England's helm for next year's World Cup.
"People have got lots of opinions and when you're losing those opinions come out even more," he said.
"Everybody will be reviewed, including myself, and we'll look at how we can move forward. I'll be meeting with Francis Baron (RFU chief executive) to discuss everything, but I'm not expecting to be going anywhere."