Phillips' nightmare continues as he sent off just 3 minutes after first yellow

Kalvin Phillips' nightmare start to life at West Ham continued at Nottingham Forest after he was sent off.

The Hammers remain without a win in this calendar year after suffering a 2-0 defeat at the City Ground on Saturday.

Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring deep into the first half before Callum Hudson-Odoi sealed victory for Forest in stoppage-time.

Phillips had yet another evening to forget after being sent off for a second bookable offence in the 71st minute following a high challenge on Morgan Gibbs-White.

The midfielder's sending off came just three minutes after he was initially shown a yellow for a shove on Nicolas Dominguez.

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean was critical of Phillips, claiming the England international 'just doesn't look interested'.

'He's just been cautioned for getting involved with Dominguez for no reason whatsoever. Two minutes, he's just flicked the ball over Gibbs-White and he's just caught him on top of the foot,' Dean said speaking on Sky Sports.

'Stupid second yellow card. He's just wasting his time playing. He just doesn't look interested.'

Fans also took to social media to slam Phillips, with some claiming it's clear to see why Man City boss Pep Guardiola was happy to let him leave.

One fan wrote: 'Kalvin Phillips at West Ham has just proved to everyone why Pep wasn't playing him. Utter rubbish, very poor!!!'

Another said: 'This is the reason he Pep Guardiola never took him seriously'.

A third added: 'Kalvin Phillips sent off in his second start I believe, what a disaster of a loan.'

Phillips latest setback comes after Roy Keane criticised him for a 'sluggish' performance after making a mistake which led to an error in the defeat to Manchester United earlier this month.

The 28-year-old