GB men’s hockey skipper David Ames has backed his side to bounce back from a first defeat at these Olympics in their quarter-final clash with India on Sunday.

Sitting second in Group A, GB had the chance to top the pool if they beat Germany, but instead fell to a 2-1 defeat as their comeback streak came to an end.

That saw them drop to third in the group, setting up a tricky quarter-final with India, but captain Ames believes they have what it takes to come out on top.

He said: “On another day we'd have got a result but full steam ahead for India on Sunday. 

“We've got a squad that doesn't give up, that fights to the last minute and we've done that four games in a row. “We're going to need that on Sunday against India and we'll see what happens.”

Great Britain, including Glasgow’s Lee Morton, had come from behind to beat France in their last match, to go with draws against South Africa and Netherlands – both times after trailing.

This time around, they started strongly, but were caught out by a fine reverse strike by Christopher Ruehr on a devastating German counter-attack early in the second quarter.

Ruehr then doubled the lead before half-time, making no mistake from a penalty stroke as he fired right past Ollie Payne.

Gareth Furlong halved the deficit in the fourth quarter from a penalty corner and had one final chance late on to level.

But from another penalty corner, his effort clipped the post and went wide, leaving GB to think about what might have been.

Ames added: "We came out of the blocks really well. When they scored then we probably didn't get back into the game as well as we would have liked to and then conceding a second goal against this German side is always going to be very, very difficult as they defend very well.

"Second half I thought we played pretty well and had a number of chances to get back into the game and then hit the post with that corner at the end.”

Great Britain will now take on India, who finished second in Group B, having lost to the same opponent at this stage three years ago in Tokyo.

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