Alex Goode's enduring brilliance was acclaimed by director of rugby Mark McCall as he celebrated making a record 339th appearance for Saracens by inspiring a 33-22 Gallagher Premiership victory over Sale.

Goode ran in a devastating solo try to help break the Sharks' early control and produced an array of influential touches in attack, including setting up the important final try for Nick Tompkins.

The former England full-back has spent 14 years at his only club and McCall revealed that even his own team-mates are left speechless over his creative skills.

"Alex's performance against Sale was as it always is because I don't think there's been a more consistent player in the Premiership for the last 10 years," McCall said.

"I can't remember a bad game and he performs at a consistently brilliant level.

"We watched a highlights video of him on Friday and you could hear a pin drop in the room because our younger players, who haven't really seen it all, were amazed by by what they saw.

"Alex is obviously naturally talented and he sees things before everybody else and those qualities are obvious, but what is not so obvious to people is how driven he is and how competitive he is.

"He's been an incredible player for the club but also an incredible person for the club as well. He enjoys a final and he also enjoys a post-final!

"But he's also wonderful with our younger players. He's got huge rugby IQ and our younger players are lucky that he takes the time he does with them."

Sale suffered only their second defeat of the season and boss Alex Sanderson was disappointed by the failure to convert their try-scoring opportunities in the second half.

"We were three points down at half-time, but there were opportunities squandered on the back of some soft tries," Sanderson said.

"I'm happy about the way we played the game and happy about the opportunities we created to give us a chance to win the game. Close but no cigar.

"We were a metre from the line two or three times, but you have to convert and have to get over the line.

"We came out of our system and didn't take the opportunity to convert the obvious pressure."