Terrassa (Spain), Aug 13 - India lost 4-5 to Spain in their last hockey Test match here.

A last minute strike from Albert Sala turned the tide in Spain's favour Wednesday night.

India did well to bounce back from a 0-4 deficit with strikes from Vikram Pillay (54th, 57th), Sardar Singh (28th) and Sandeep Singh (66th min)

Xavi Ribas (8th), Eduard Tabau (12th), David Alegre (25th), Alex Fabregas (27th) and Sala (70th) where on target for Spain.

The hosts began aggressively with constant raids on the Indian defence by Eduard Tabau and Xavi Lleonart supported by strong midfield overlaps.

In the eighth minute, India conceded a penalty corner when the ball struck skipper Sandeep Singh's foot. Ribas made no mistake in shooting past goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza.

The nervous Indians soon conceded another soft goal as Tabau breached the defence of Sandeep and Sardar Singh and beat D'souza in the 12th minute.

Rattled by these early setbacks, the Indian defence and mid-field started playing well but forwards Prabhjot Singh, Gurvinder Chandi and Rajpal Singh were unable to penetrate the Spanish defence.

Spain increased the lead after encashing on a counter attack which won them their second of four penalty corners.