Baxter said Ridley had first indicated that it was a knock on and only changed his decision after consulting the TMO.
“It was obviously a key moment in the game after we had taken the lead,” Baxter said.
“Some of these decisions are baffling a little bit. The referee is right there and he thinks it’s a knock on. We have to find a way of refereeing these decisions.”
However, Baxter added: “We have to take responsibility for some of the things that did not go right and there were plenty of those. But it’s frustrating because we got into the lead and came away with nothing.”
Leicester’s Michael Cheika said: “It was not a free-flowing game to say the least. We lost the quarter in the middle of the match and that cost us
“But we showed the mentality to fight back and to get the bonus point was a bonus.”
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso Injury
Baxter also said England wing Manny Feyi-Waboso would decide on whether to have a shoulder operation early this coming week.
Baxter said it was a 50/50 call for the player who dislocated a shoulder against Sale last month.
He added: “It’s down to how the player is feeling. He has to decide where we are going.”
Baxter said if he opted for an operation he would be ruled out of the Six Nations but if he chose rehabilitation he would have a chance of making the England games.
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Teams
LEICESTER: Steward 8; Bassett 6 (Shillcock 69, 5), Kelly 7, Kata 5 (Woodward 59, 7), Hassell-Collins 7; Pollard 7, van Poortvliet 7 (Youngs 65, 8); Smith 6 (Whitcombe 73), Montoya 7 (c) (Clare 71, 6), Heyes 6 (Cole 65, 6), Henderson 6, Wells 6 (Holloway 59, 6), Liebenberg 6 (Rogerson 40, 6), Reffell 7, Cracknell 7
EXETER: Hodge 7; Hammersley 5 (Rigg 45, 5), Wimbush 6, Tua 6, Wyatt 7; Slade 7, Townsend 6 (Cairns 77); Sio 7 (Goodrick-Scott 45, 6), Frost 7 (Innard 45, 6), Street 6 (Iosefa-Scott 45, 5), Jenkins (capt) 6, Molina 6 (Tuima 59, 5), Roots 7, Vermeulen 6 (Capstick 59, 7), Fisilau 6
Not used: Haydon-Wood
REFEREE: Christophe Ridley
ATTENDANCE: 18,000
Star Player: Ollie Cracknell – Leicester
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