Saracens set for Bath showdown after Champions Cup defeat at Glasgow

Saracens will travel to face Bath in the Investec Champions Cup round of 16 after being beaten 28-3 by Glasgow in their final pool match at Scotstoun.

Most of the points came in the first half, with Warriors scoring three converted tries through Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn and George Horne while Saracens replied with an Owen Farrell penalty.

Seb Stephen then rumbled over in the closing seconds of the match to earn Glasgow a fourth successive bonus-point pool-stage victory.

Their reward for topping Pool A is a last-16 tie against the Bulls on the first weekend of April.

Glasgow forged in front with the first meaningful attack of the match as Alex Craig carried them deep into Saracens territory with a lung-bursting run down the middle.

Following a few phases of forward play the Glasgow backs then worked it through the hands for Smith to dot down.

Saracens, though, struck back quickly after the Warriors were pinged for going offside and Farrell made a straightforward kick.

Horne looked to extend Glasgow’s advantage with a clever kick and chase down the short side of the scrum before being tackled close to the line by Max Malins.

Saracens’ Juan Martin Gonzalez was adjudged to have slapped the ball away in the resultant play and was shown a yellow card.

Tempers then frayed in the dead-ball area between both sets of players after Saracens had successfully repelled the Glasgow maul to win the put-in.

But the home side were well in the ascendancy by this point and scored two tries in as many minutes to underline their superiority.

Horne was the creator of the first, his neat pass picking out Steyn who had ran the perfect diagonal line off his wing to score under the posts.

The next try – Glasgow’s third – was set up by a rampaging carry from Jack Dempsey who then released Horne to dot down.

The scrum-half – making his 150th club appearance – then showed his defensive qualities with a well-timed tackle on opposite number Ivan van Zyl as the Saracens number nine bore down on the Glasgow line.

The home side were temporarily reduced to 14 men at the start of the second half when Kyle Rowe was shown a yellow card after being adjudged to have come in too high on Rotimi Segun as he and Steyn combined to bundle the winger into touch.

Saracens enjoyed far more territory and possession after the turnaround but got little joy out of a Glasgow defensive line that held firm and refused to yield.

The home team finished on top and Steyn was stopped just short of the line, with Saracens’ Noah Caluori shown a yellow card in the aftermath.

Warriors, though, would not be denied and the maul drove over Stephen with the clock in the red.