KALVIN DECLINE

On-loan Phillips plummets to a new low with dismissal but vows that he'll come good

- NEIL MOXLEY

KALVIN PHILLIPS hasn't ducked a challenge in his life. And he isn't about to start changing the habit of a lifetime.

The England midfielder cut a dejected figure as he loitered around outside the referees' room at the City Ground, hoping to catch a word with official Thomas Bramall.

In the end, the on-loan Manchester City star gave up.

Which, he says, isn't an option at his new club.

Ninety-nine per cent of players could have ducked the media after being sent off. To his credit, Phillips is different.

And when he says he'll get it right for David Moyes and West Ham, you want to believe it.

Gifting a goal to Bournemouth in his first outing, dispossessed at Old Trafford in the build-up to Alejandro Garnacho's third goal and two bookings inside three minutes at Forest on Saturday.