Head coach Eddie Jones refused to be drawn on the controversial decision which denied England a memorable win over New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.
England were trailing 16-15 after 76 minutes when Courtney Lawes charged down TJ Perenaraâs kick and Sam Underhill scooped up the ball before surging to a solo try.
However, South African Television Match Official Marius Jonker and French referee Jerome Garces reviewed the incident and decided Lawes was offside.
Jones said: âI donât comment on those decisions. Iâll leave it up to that guy. If he canât take the right decision with 10 replays, who can?
âSometimes the game loves you and sometimes the game doesnât love you. Weâll get some love from the game further down the track.â
New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen said: âThere was no doubt heâs offside. What was going through my mind was are they going to be brave enough to make the right decision? And they were.â
New Zealand came from 15-0 down to beat England 16-15 at Twickenham.
Underhill told BBC Radio 5 Live: âI donât know what I was thinking when I went over.
âI wasnât watching the screen. At times like that we donât watch the decision, we look to the next job.
âWhen it got brought back it was what it was but itâs those small margins.â
It was a first meeting between England and New Zealand, winners of the last two World Cups, in four years and many expected the All Blacks to trounce their injury-depleted hosts.
But afterwards it was Jones who insisted England were on course for World Cup glory after the agonising defeat.
Tries from Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley helped England to a 15-0 lead after 25 minutes, which the All Blacks eroded with a flourish at the end of the first half.
Beauden Barrettâs penalty saw New Zealand take the lead for the first time in the game after 60 minutes and they did not relinquish it.
Jones accentuated the positives and looked ahead to next yearâs World Cup in Japan.
âWeâre disappointed, but weâre excited about where weâre going,â Jones added.
âWeâll learn a lot from that today. We had opportunities to win the game, we didnât take them, they did. They deserved to win the game.
âItâs a really good step forward. You benchmark yourself against New Zealand. New Zealand are the best team in the world.
âWeâve got to fix the things that didnât work today. If we do that, weâre on the road to being the best team in the world, which is what we set out to be.â
Jones felt England were in the ascendancy in the final quarter, when a drop goal opportunity failed to materialise.
âI thought we played the final 20 (minutes) exceptionally well,â Jones added.
âThatâs where New Zealand generally run away from teams and they couldnât. They couldnât break us.
âIf weâd kept going for another five minutes, we maybe wouldâve got them.â
Hooker and co-captain Hartley went off at half-time with a thumb injury he has been carrying, while lock George Kruis has a calf problem which will be assessed.
New Zealandâs influential centre Sonny Bill Williams went off with a groin injury in the first half.
The All Blacks won the World Cup on their most recent visit to Twickenham, in October 2015, when England became the first hosts to exit at the pool stage. They have been transformed under Jones, who was appointed in December 2015.
Hansen said: âHeâs doing a good job here for England. Last time we were here was 2015 and things didnât go that well for England.
âSince then theyâve won 18 in a row, theyâre in the right place.
âTheyâve showed today theyâre going to be competitive against whoever you want to play against them.â
Hansen, though, had words of praise for his side too.
He added: âI thought England were very, very good and I thought we showed a lot of character.â