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Swansea felt like facing Barca, says proud Nahki

(Photo by Mark Tatem)Best foot forward: Nahki Wells goes on the attack during yesterday’s League Cup final between Bradford City and Swansea City at Wembley. Bradford lost 5-0.

By Colin Thompson in London, EnglandBradford City striker Nahki Wells admits Sunday’s League Cup Final with Swansea proved to be tougher than he’d expected.Wells and his Bantams teammates found themselves on the wrong end of the worst defeat in League Cup final history after suffering a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of their Premier opponents who controlled the entire match at Wembley Stadium.“The match was tough, a lot tougher than I’d expected,” Wells told The Royal Gazette. “The majority of possession was in their favour which made it difficult for us because we were chasing shadows for the most part.“It felt like we were playing against Barcelona to be quite honest. After playing them I don’t compare them to Arsenal, Aston Villa or Wigan because they dominated us in a way which neither of the three previous opponents (Premier League) did.“Obviously the occasion, stadium and pitch all played a factor but the way they went about playing that game we stood no chance from the first whistle because they showed straight from the kick off what type of game it was going to be. There was no way in any shape or form we could’ve avoided defeat with Swansea on their game.”Despite coming up short in a quest to become the first fourth tier side to win a major English cup final, Wells and his teammates can still be proud of themselves to make it all the way to Wembley.“The gaffer said to us reaching this far is an unbelievable achievement and something that will never happen again in English football and we need to be proud of that,” Wells said. “We did the best we could even though some may think different.”Wells is only the third Bermudian to play on the hallowed pitch at Wembley behind compatriots Shaun Goater and Kyle Lightbourne.“It’s great to be the third Bermudian to play at Wembley,” he said. “It’s a great honour to play there because there are a lot of professionals higher up the football ladder that haven’t had the chance to grace this pitch or even play in such a prestigious game that I had the chance to play in.”Wells applauded his team’s fans who stuck by the Bantams throughout the entire match.“The support was unbelievable, it shows what great support we have behind us and without them I don’t think we would’ve achieved what we did,” he said. “They sang from minute one to the end.“We are proud of our supporters and without them none of this would’ve been possible so we owe them a big round of applause.”Wells said receiving his runners-up medal during the postgame awards ceremony was a “proud moment”.“Earning a runners up medal is not what you want to accept but as League Two players we have to accept that Swansea were a better team and on the day we just couldn’t compare to them,” he added. “It’s still a great occasion for us and great opportunity for us to do what we had done and years looking back we will have that medal to show what we achieved in our career. It’s a runners up medal, but it was a proud moment receiving it.”