Mark Kennedy said that he felt Swindon Town let themselves down in key moments as they were defeated 2-0 by Carlisle United.

Swindon held plenty of possession and were able to work some openings but never fully worked out the best way through a stern Carlisle defensive block.

The two goals from corners either side of the break saw Mike Williamson head home happy from his first game in charge, with Town left with just one win this campaign.

Kennedy said that Swindon dominated the game but couldn't come up big in the game-changing moments and fell to defeat.

He said: "I am just really frustrated because I think that we dominated the game in every aspect that we want but unfortunately we have let ourselves down on set pieces.

"We felt going into the game that we might be weak in that area purely because of the side and because we have lost a lot of the height.

"But they didn't dominate us in those moments, we helped them with two really poor goals.

"In terms of everything that we are trying to do, our style, our brand of being a possession-based team, the final third entries, crosses, shots, I was really happy but you are judged on winning games."

Kennedy said that it was a credit to his team that they were able to dominate the game throughout in terms of possession and shots but they needed to have more in their game to break Carlisle down.

He said: "I think that we have played six of the top seven now and if you look at the possession stats, we are starting to really heavily dominate games.

"I think that that is a new experience for the team because we didn't expect Carlisle to come here and literally put 11 men behind the ball and I never felt that they were doing it to try and hold onto the win, I thought that our dominance penned them back.

"My only disappointment about today is that we need to find a way to unlock doors.

"We tried a few things tactically but if ever there was a day for Harry Smith then today was that day and we didn't have that option.

"But not having him you can't make excuses, you have to find different ways."

Swindon had started brightly in the match and drew two big saves from Harry Lewis before an injury to the assistant referee disrupted the game for eight minutes. Although not pivotal, Kennedy did feel that had an impact.

He said: "I think that the shift really changed the game when the linesman got injured.

"I thought that we were really on top of things and it is early in the game and I really felt like a goal was coming.

"The 'keeper was made a great save from Kabs [Kabongo Tshimanga], credit to him from that.

"I think that that was a real momentum shift but that is life and it happens to both teams."