Phillips seems extra misplaced than ever as West Ham nightmare goes from unhealthy to worse

The recreation swung on the award of the house aspect’s second penalty of the afternoon. Phillips felt onerous accomplished by, unaware of the presence of Anthony Gordon as he swung to clear the ball and struck by way of the winger’s leg. He most likely had a case, significantly as Gordon didn’t play the ball when planting his foot within the firing line. Phillips’s true crime, although, was in his dawdling, the 28-year-old sluggish and wanting an excessive amount of time in what, for many of the 90 minutes it appeared, had been a chaotic, crowded field.