 Great Britain failed to capitalise on their domination |
Great Britain endured a 2-1 loss to Germany in the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Auckland. Nadine Ersting-Krienke put the Germans ahead after six minutes and Anke Kuhn doubled their lead against the run of play 17 minutes later.
Rachel Walker scored Britain's when converting a penalty corner after 27 minutes but they failed to convert their lion's share of possession.
Britain, who remain winless, are now under pressure to qualify from Pool A.
The side drew 2-2 with New Zealand in their first match and next face Ukraine on Tuesday.
Disappointed coach Tricia Heberle said: "The game is won and lost at both ends of the pitch and I thought in the first half we had some bad defensive lapses, which was frustrating.
"I'm not happy with one point from two games but we have a quality team and we are playing good hockey.
"We'll most likely be playing off for fifth to eighth now but we just need to put ourselves in the best form by the end of the week."
MMIX
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