London Irish 25-23 Sale | Premiership match report

• London Irish 25-23 Sale• Sale have only themselves to blame in defeatThe curse of the Madejski returned to haunt Sale yesterday doing serious damage to their chances of an immediate return to Europe’s top tier. They remain in seventh place, but the gap to Wasps, currently the side in pole position for the final Champions Cup place, has stretched to five points.The problem for Sale, who last won in Reading in their championship season, 2006, is that they have only themselves to blame. The game could have been wrapped up by half-time, but instead of going to the interval three points up they g…