Phillips and his teammates came from behind to keep their Premier League top-four hopes alive thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold's brilliant stoppage-time winner.
The Reds recovered from Ollie Watkins' first-half opener and then a disallowed equaliser as Mohamed Salah eventually made it 1-1 to set up Alexander-Arnold's heroics at the end.
"It would be easy to let that frustration manifest itself," Phillips told Liverpoolfc.com post-match. "But that's your job: to make sure it doesn't do that, to keep on doing what's getting you chances and keep the faith that opportunities will come and you'll be able to finish them off.