They were aided early on by the trio of drop-goals from Ford that moved them into a 12-3 lead and transferred the pressure onto the South American side.
"The crucial one was the third one, which took us more than seven points ahead," Ford told reporters.
Ford said all the England flyhalves practice drop-goals at every training session in preparation for games like Saturday’s clash in Marseille.
"It is such a crucial weapon and we have seen before how influential they are at World Cups."
"We were laughing in the change-room, out of this squad (scrumhalf) Danny Care was the guy with the most drop-goals for England.
Persons:
George Ford, Tom Curry, Ford, Beer, Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Care, Nick Said, Hugh Lawson
Organizations:
Rugby, Argentina, Saturday, England, Ford, France, Thomson
Locations:
MARSEILLE, France, England, Marseille, Africa