Kalvin Phillips' West Ham career 'going from bad to worse' as mistake leads to Newcastle collapse

Kalvin Phillips is unable to take advantage of a break in a West Ham shirt, and it was another day to forget for the midfielder against Newcastle on Saturday.

The hammers They were 3-1 up and flying against the Magpies at St James' Park, until Phillips came off the bench, and what Hammers fans hoped wouldn't happen… happened.

David Moyes' men gave a good response after finding themselves 1-0 down early on after Alexander Isak's controversial penalty – with goals from Michail Antonio and Mohammed Kudus sending the visitors into the break ahead.

Jarrod Bowen then found the net with a strong low shot to make it 3-1 briefly after the restart, but it all fell apart after Phillips' introduction.

There were 20 minutes left in the game when Moyes decided to replace striker Antonio and replace him with the holding midfielder.

Phillips' loan spell at the east London club had not been very positive before this match. gifting a goal to Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke in his first appearance since arriving from Man City, while he was then expelled in only his fourth game for the club.

He then started against Burnley before the international break. but he was sent off at half-time with the Hammers 2-0 down. They recovered to draw 2-2 without him.

And the opposite happened against Newcastle on Saturday lunchtime, when his introduction led to West Ham's demise as the hosts staged a miraculous comeback to win 4-3.

Phillips conceded the second penalty of the game, crashing into the back of Antonio Gordon in the box, leading to Isak making it 3-2 from the penalty spot, before a late double from substitute Harvey Barnes sealed an impressive victory for Newcastle.

It was tough on Phillips, with former West Ham striker Dean Ashton insisting he was simply unlucky to catch the Magpies winger as he tried to clear the ball.

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But the talkSPORT pundit admitted things simply haven't worked out since his loan move to the London Stadium.

“Anthony Gordon, in scenes very similar to those in the first half when he overtook Vladimir Coufal, I think he overtook Vladimir Coufal. kalvin phillipswho looks like he's going to clean it up and just runs right through Gordon.

“Phillips doesn't know anything about it, he doesn't see Gordon behind him; he's just thinking, 'I'm going to punt this,' and Gordon just sticks his leg in the way quite bravely as he's trying to hook the ball and he knows they're going to get him. To hit.

“I don't particularly blame Phillips for that because it happened so quickly. Gordon is so quick and he's just trying to clear the ball and he can't escape the challenge.

“But things seem to be going from bad to worse for Kalvin Phillips in a West Ham shirt.

“I'm sure that David Moyes “I will have to answer questions about their substitutions, the timing of them and the fact that they seemed to weaken when the pressure came on.”