2023 FIH Men's Hockey World Cup | Coach Graham Reid lists reasons for India's failure against New Zealand

At one point the team led 2-0 during half-time, but post that the pressure got to the Indians, and they were rather sloppy with their defence. They entered the opposition circle regularly but could hardly make use of the opportunities that came their way. On the other hand, New Zealand made the most of their PCs.

"It is a factor but not the only factor, we still created enough chances tonight to win. The problem tonight was that every time we won the ball, we gave it back to them. No, not every time but certainly too many times and you know that is the telling factor for the second or was it the third goal. We turned over the ball but gave it back straight away and lost the opportunity. At this level, you can't do that," said Reid.

"Look, pressure and expectations will always be there, We made some mistakes which we normally don't do. so those are the sort of things that we need to analyse and talk about and come up with a solution for our next game," he said.

"Tonight, it was about consistency and in the last quarter we let ourselves down as we threw the ball down and allowed them to come back. There is a period when every time faces this issue of converting circle penetration). We probably have to go back to the drawing board and work out the solutions," he added.