Bradford City striker Nahki Wells says the Bantams have nothing to be ashamed of following their early League Cup exit.Last season’s beaten League Cup finalists stumbled at the first hurdle of this year’s competition after losing 2-1 to Championship side Huddersfield Town on the road at John Smith’s Stadium on Tuesday.Reflecting on the match, Wells told The Royal Gazette: “It was a big task to get through the first round because we played against a good Championship side that, in my opinion, will do well in the Championship this year.“It was a local derby so it meant a lot to the supporters and the club, but unfortunately they were the better side.”As expected, Bantams’ manager Phil Parkinson made several changes to his squad from the one that held League One promotion favourites Bristol City to a draw playing away from home in their league season opener at the weekend.“The manager made seven changes which was exactly what he did last year in the cup competitions and fortunately enough we were able to get through (to the final),” added Wells, who had been linked with a summer move to Huddersfield. “I guess this is not our year in the competition, but there’s a lot of positives we can take from the match because some people that needed minutes punched above their weight and I was able to get a goal to keep the run going.”Wells came on as a second half substitute to net a consolation goal for the Bantams in the final minute of the match to extend his scoring streak to two goals in as many matches.Wells agreed that being ousted early from the League Cup could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for promotion chasing Bantams.“Unfortunately we are knocked out and can’t get those dream ties like we had last year,” he said. “But we want to achieve promotion and this (cup exit) should do us no harm in helping us to put more focus into the league campaign.“We know how much of a distraction last season’s cup run was and it wasn’t easy playing 64 games, so to get to a cup final and promotion was a very good achievement. “Ideally we don’t want to play 64 matches again this year unless we can guarantee the results we had last year which you can never do. Obviously the less games you have to deal with the better prepared you will be come Saturday afternoons in the league games which are, in my opinion, the most important because we are trying to get promoted again.”Last season saw Wells, 23, top the Bantam’s scoring charts with 26 goals in all competitions, earn a League Cup runners up medal and become the first Bermudian to play and score at the new Wembley Stadium.