Robins must chase performance, not result - Wells

Bristol City forward Nahki Wells said the team have to chase "perfection in their performance" rather than the result when they face Preston in their final match on Saturday, following a 4-0 thrashing by Leeds.

Despite the Leeds defeat, the Robins remain fifth in the table and know a win against the Lilywhites would secure their top-six spot.

"We can't dwell, we have to come together, stick together. We can't let this divide us in any way," Wells told BBC Radio Bristol.

"We have to be open and honest, we have to look back at the game at where we went wrong and make sure that doesn't happen again.

"It's a different game, completely different occasion on Saturday and a must-win but we must not chase the result, we must chase perfection in our performance. I think more often than not when we've done that we've performed to our best and got results that we need."

Wells, 34, also apologised to the Bristol City supporters who travelled to Elland Road.

"Apologies to the travelling supporters and everyone supporting the club - that was nowhere near our best," he said.

"We went out there with the intention of trying our very best to get something from the result knowing what it could do for us. We didn't perform well enough."