Man Utd fans give Kalvin Phillips stick and chant about hating Leeds during the Red Devils’ 3-0 win over West Ham on Sunday.
The former Leeds player, currently playing for the Hammers on loan from Man City, didn’t seem to mind the chants aimed at him, seeing the funny side as he warmed up in front of the Old Trafford faithful down the touchline.
After being asked to ‘show his tits’, Phillips decided to do so, with a smile on his face, lifting his bib, amusing those in the stands.
Man Utd fans sung the following:
“Phillips, show us your tits! Phillips, Phillips, show us your tits!”
“Whoa. Whoa. City reject. City reject.”
“One bench to another”
“We all hate Leeds scum! We all hate Leeds scum! We all hate Leeds scum! We all hate Leeds scum! Stop laughing, you prick. We all hate Leeds scum! We all hate Leeds scum!
Manchester United fans giving it Kalvin Phillips yesterday during the game yesterday.
He didn’t seem to mind, he was laughing back at them, fair play to him! 👏🤣pic.twitter.com/DAEQtN11Hv
— Football Away Days (@FBAwayDays) February 5, 2024
It was late January 2024 that Phillips made the move to West Ham, having made 31 appearances for Man City since a £45m transfer from Leeds in July 2022.
Pep Guardiola admitted in December he cannot envisage the England midfielder though there is no option for West Ham to sign him permanently in the summer.
“I’m really pleased to be here,” he said upon signing. “There’s always been a lot of speculation about me moving to West Ham, so I’m really excited to get going now.
“There’s so much to look forward to in the second half of the season for the Club and I can’t wait to be part of it.
“There’s an unbelievable group here and if I can come in and add the quality that I know I’m capable of, I’m sure we can give the West Ham fans plenty to be excited about between now and the end of the season.”
Manager David Moyes believes Phillips will add a great deal to his squad for what promises to be an exciting second half of the 2023/24 campaign.
“We are really pleased to bring a player of Kalvin’s quality to West Ham United,” said Moyes, who adds Phillips to a group of central midfielders which includes James Ward-Prowse, Edson Álvarez and Tomáš Souček.
“We’ve been big admirers of him for a long time and we believe that he will add strength and competition to our squad.
“Kalvin is an England international midfielder, with proven Premier League experience. We’re excited to welcome him into the group and look forward to working with him.”
The win against West Ham saw Manchester United move up to sixth in the Premier League table; one goal from Rasmus Hojlund and two from Alejandro Garnacho seeing Erik Ten Hag’s team leapfrog David Moyes’ side.
Player ratings (as per Sky Sports)
Man Utd: Onana (6), Dalot (7), Maguire (5), Martinez (7), Shaw (7), Casemiro (7), Mainoo (6), Fernandes (6), Garnacho (8), Hojlund (7), Rashford (6).
Subs: McTominay (6), Varane (6), Antony (n/a), Lindelof (n/a).
West Ham: Areola (6), Coufal (6), Johnson (7), Zouma (6), Aguerd (6), Emerson (5), Soucek (6), Ward-Prowse (6), Alvarez (6), Kudus (7), Bowen (6).
Subs: Fabianski (6), Phillips (5), Cornet (6).
Player of the match: Alejandro Garnacho.
Erik ten Hag, spoke to Match of the Day after Manchester United’s victory over West Ham: “I am happy with the way we played. We were a threat all the game through. When we serve our front line we can score goals. They can be direct and score goals.
On Lisandro Martinez’s injury, Ten Hag added: “It seems bad. We have to wait, make the right diagnosis in the coming days and then we will see. Hopefully it is not too bad, we can only pray.
“He worked so hard to return and now after two games it looks like he has to sit some games out again.”
On young players like Hojlund, Garnacho and Mainoo: “The future for Manchester United is very good because we have high potentials. They are together and want to play football with adventure and enjoyment. If we keep this process going I am sure we will achieve high levels.
“We are building a team, we signed young players and give them opportunities. This is a process with ups and downs and we have to realise this. Our experienced players will help them and we need them and they will help the young players perform.”
Rasmus Hojlund, spoke to Match of The Day after scoring against West Ham: “I got my [birthday] present in the morning and now I got an even bigger one so I am happy!”
On now scoring regularly: “It has always been there, I have always believed in myself, it has just been about getting the rhythm going. You get one goal, then two and get a bit of momentum and start linking up with the players.
“I spoke with my team-mates and manager because we need to make each other better, that is what it is about. I want to be involved as much as possible.
“I also worked a lot on myself, I looked at my game and what I could improve. I think I have developed a lot since I’ve been here.”
David Moyes spoke to Match of The Day after West Ham’s loss to Manchester United: “No I don’t think the score line was correct. Our performance was much better. I am pleased with that but obviously not pleased with different aspects, we didn’t finish chances. Overall we played better and our performance was better today.”
On Emerson’s miss to make it 1-1 before Manchester United scored to make it 2-0: “That tells you it just was not going to be our day. They broke away and they shoot and it takes a big deflection and that makes it 2-0.
“We have been on a pretty good run without being at our best, with some players also away. I thought today we looked like it but goals have been a little hard to come by. Hopefully there’s a wee bit of mitigating circumstances and hopefully the goals will start flowing in the coming weeks.”
On taking off goalkeeper Alphonse Areola at half-time, Moyes added: “It was just a case of we were making sure we were not doing the wrong thing. He is fine, we just felt there was no point risking him.”
Here’s what Twitter users said as footage shows Man Utd fans give Kalvin Phillips stick and chant about hating Leeds during win over West Ham…
@WorldClasstamp: Seems a tidy lad to me.
@CravenTheHunter: Imagine videoing this and not watching the game. And when you’re not getting the right reaction: ‘stop laughing you prick’ 😂
@wfcjm: I didn’t know someone from Manchester pronounced “laughing” like that
@BielsaBoys: “Stop laarfing” Proper Manc accent 😂
@JwHeed: Sounded right out of Salford that accent ffs 🤦🏻♂️
@timhewitt1: 🤣 “stop laaaarfin you pwick” top manc that 🤦♂️
@TheBShad: Fair play to him!! Also loved it when he came on and gave the third goal away!! 2 errors leading to goals in 86 minutes at WHU, what a guy!!
@ChrisBarlowMcfc: A typical manc accent I see 😂👀
@SamFoulds8: Proper Manc giving it big en 👀
@jodyalexander81: Imagine these season ticket holders get rattled when they see people on their phone but spend an entire match abusing players whilst videoing it… make it make sense
@Keironpfc20: I’m sure he’s crying himself to sleep with his medals whilst looking at his bank account.
@DalaiPalmerMCR: Stop Laaarfin you prick… 🤣🤣
@ITFCLloyd: Love videos like this! Fair play.
@LTRacing_: Listen to the accent at the end of this 😅
@mckenzi60071753: imagine having to sit next to this for 90 minutes
@TJF0388: Love how he stood there soaking up the “we all hate Leeds scum” chants lol loves the hate!! Feeds the beast!! #ALAW
@RB_RyanBerry: Actually class that all round, good old fashioned banter taken well 👏🏻
@chris_walton21: Keep smiling kalv, we’ll alway love you!
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