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Liam Sanford scored his first international goal as England men fell to a narrow 4-3 defeat by India in the FIH Pro League.

After Sanford's opener, India moved into a 3-1 lead through strikes by Harmanpreet Singh and Manpreet Singh.

David Condon pulled one back for England before Harmanpreet Singh completed his hat-trick for India.

Sam Ward also scored but England failed to find an equaliser in a goalless last quarter.

Speaking to BT Sport, England captain James Albery said: "It's not the result we wanted, we perhaps started a bit slowly today.

"But there were lots of positives from the second half, we just left it a bit too late unfortunately."

England remain seventh in the nine-team Pro League table with seven points from six games, while India are four points clear at the top.