By Colin Thompson in London, EnglandBradford City boss Phil Parkinson made no excuses for the Bantams’ heavy loss to Swansea after the final whistle had blown at Wembley Stadium.He admitted that his players were simply outclassed by a well-organised and flawless Swansea side that bossed the entire match.“Obviously for our supporters and everybody we would’ve loved to have made more of a game of it, but it was a tough afternoon” Parkinson told reporters at the post game press conference. “We conceded after 16 minutes against a very good side and when it nearly gets to halftime at one-nil down we try and change things around and conceding just before halftime made it difficult.“We did make a few adjustments after the break and one of them was to get up the pitch another 15-20 yards because we were playing too deep but obviously we conceded straight after the break as well. And then low and behold our goalie (Matt Duke) gets sent off after 60 minutes which is a decision I felt the ref could’ve used his common sense in terms of the context of the game.“We were 3-0 down against a Premiership team and there’s a penalty awarded against us and with the greatest respect I don’t think at that stage we were going to come back to win 5-4 so I think he could’ve used a bit of discretion and given Matt a yellow card and that was sufficed.”Parkinson added: “Disappointed today but Swansea are a very, very good team. We had them watched and spoke to a lot of Premier League managers about them and everyone kept coming back to me saying ‘there’s not many weaknesses in this team’. They are a very good side and they showed it. They have a team that has a good balance because obviously they keep the ball and have forwards that make great runs behind your back four as well so they have a lot of threats and clever players with pace and just the general all round movement was difficult for us to cope with. And on that big Wembley pitch against so many good players it was tough.”Despite coming out on the wrong end of the worst defeat in a League Cup final, Parkinson said his players have much to be proud of.“They (players) were a bit down in the dressing room because we could’ve played better and we are a better team than we probably showed,” he said. “But equally I told the lads to get their heads up because what you have achieved is outstanding.“The lads have been magnificent the way they have conducted themselves throughout this extra exposure which is unprecedented for a team at our level and I think the way they have conducted themselves has been outstanding.”Parkinson praised Bradford’s supporters who stood by their team when the chips were down.“The highlight for the day for me was the way the supporters stayed behind the team throughout the game,” he said. “I think everybody realised what an enormous achievement this has been from a club from the fourth tier of English football to get to a major final.“Of course I would’ve loved to be sat here talking about a great performance and a great game. But what Swansea did to us today they’ve done to Premier League teams. They are an outstanding side and enormous credit to the job Michael Laudrup has done.”