Marcus Smith spoke of Harlequins’ aid after they ended their Investec Champions Cup jinx by defeating Glasgow 28-24 at The Stoop.
Quins emerged from a second-half collapse to grab victory by means of a 76th-minute Sam Riley strive, profitable a knockout match in Europe’s premier competitors for the primary time.
Smith was on the coronary heart of a dominant first half, scoring an excellent solo try to organising two extra to complete man of the match, and he admitted he had sympathy with membership supporters who had been uncovered to a different white-knuckle journey.
“Followers complain they’re at all times on the sting of their seats and every time we’re forward we let the opposite group in and that’s one thing we try to work on, the consistency,” Smith mentioned.
“We’re nowhere close to the place we wish to be however we’re in one other knockout sport in Europe which is the place we wish to be.
“It’s large. Within the final two years now we have fallen down at this hurdle and it’s a monkey off our again. It has given us a number of confidence.”
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Quins head coach Danny Wilson admired the mettle proven by his gamers as they responded to Glasgow’s dominant third quarter that noticed the guests edge 24-21 again in entrance.
“We had a interval the place we fed them with some errors and should you feed a harmful group like Glasgow, who’re stuffed with Scottish internationals, expertise and high quality, they will harm you,” Wilson mentioned.
“They usually did harm us, however credit score to this group they discovered a approach to win. They dug deep to attain that driving line out to win the sport. Glasgow then had a brick wall in entrance of them on the finish.
“We’re actually happy to get the win and to make historical past as a gaggle by turning into the primary Quins group to progress within the knockout part of Europe. That’s one thing we’re pleased with.”
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith admitted his facet had allowed victory to slide from their grasp.
“Sadly we gave the strive simply earlier than half-time. We should always have gained that sport,” Smith mentioned.