David De Gea not to blame for Spain's Euro 2016 defeat to Croatia, says Vicente del Bosque

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has defended David De Gea after Spain lost 2-1 to Croatia at Euro 2016.

The Manchester United goalkeeper was beaten at his near post by an 87th-minute winner from Ivan Perisic as the reigning champions suffered their first defeat at the Euros since 2004, a run of 15 matches.

Alvaro Morata had given Spain the perfect start with his third goal of the tournament after eight minutes in Bordeaux, but Nikola Kalinic equalised moments before half-time.

Sergio Ramos missed the chance to put Spain back in front from the penalty spot, and Perisic's late strike was enough to send Croatia to the top of Group D, with Spain now facing a daunting task against Italy in the last 16.

But despite receiving criticism for his performance from the Spanish media, Del Bosque has refused to blame De Gea - insisting the team as a whole must take responsibility.

"He didn't have too much work to do, we can't blame him for the goals," Del Bosque said of the 25-year-old.

"The first was a counter-attack and the second was as well. Everyone is culpable."

Perisic's late strike took a slight deflection off Gerard Pique on its way into the net, but Spain will have to pick themselves up and could face world champions Germany and hosts France en route to the final on July 10 in Paris.

"It wasn't the path we wanted to take, it's true, but that's football," Del Bosque added.

"It was a game that looked like we had controlled, but we'll try now to recuperate as quickly as possible from this set-back and be in the best possible condition on Monday.

"Italy are playing well, and we were playing well until today. We didn't play badly but that's the result so we have to prepare to play against them."