Kerry takes positive out of Spain draw

Great Britain emerged victorious 1-0 from Monday's opening game thanks to Alex Danson's strike, although Kerry admitted afterwards they had rode their luck at times.

Captain Danson was again on the scoresheet on Wednesday in Valencia, this time scoring after just four minutes following a searching run by Nicola White.

Spain pulled level just before half time though when Lola Riera Zuzuarregui converted a penalty stroke after the umpire adjudged the ball had struck a foot on the line.

While the visitors were unable to force a winner - despite applying the pressure in the second and third quarters - Kerry insisted there were much more encouraging signs from his players ahead of their final match on Friday.

"I was much happier with the performance," he said. "We created a lot more opportunities compared to the previous game and Spain had no open play shots and only one penalty corner.

"We've been working really hard on certain areas of our game in training and I think we're much harder to break down as a unit now and we are able to defend higher up the pitch which is paying dividends for us.

"I'm obviously disappointed with the final result, but it was a really good step forward from yesterday."

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