Price flexes his muscles to win Premier League night in Antwerp

Gerwyn Price flexed his muscles to defeat Michael van Gerwen 6-3 and seal his first Premier League nightly win of the season in Antwerp on Thursday, with Luke Littler and Luke Humphries both sitting outside the top four.

Van Gerwen dumped out Littler 6-4 in a topsy-turvy semi-final contest featuring a total of six breaks of throw to make his second weekly final on the spin, averaging 100.7 and hitting four 180s.

Littler missed the bullseye as he attempted to reel in The Big Fish in a scintillating third leg, as Van Gerwen then wrapped up a 10-darter to break en route to an upset over the world No 1.

Price, who knocked out Gian van Veen and Jonny Clayton to reach the final, delivered Van Gerwen his first defeat of this Premier League campaign with a 6-3 win on Belgian soil.

Littler defeated defending Premier League champion Luke Humphries in a last-leg thriller in a rollercoaster of an opening contest which featured 14 maximums in the tournament’s first visit to Belgium.

The 19-year-old phenom produced an extraordinary comeback, winning five out of the last six legs and surviving three match darts to beat his arch-rival in deciding-leg drama.

Before the match, Littler revealed he has been suffering from a bug before facing Humphries.

Van Gerwen picked up where he left off in Newcastle with a comfortable 6-2 success against a below-par Josh Rock, with a Shanghai 120 finish the highlight of the Dutchman’s win.

Rock took to Instagram after his match to apologise to those who came out to watch him and admitted he had no grip on his darts.

In the final, Van Gerwen fell 2-0 down to Price before rattling off a barnstorming 167 checkout on the bullseye and sinking a monstrous 160 to level up.

But Price opened up a two-leg advantage once again with an 82 combination finish before hitting D10.

The Welshman moved a leg away from victory by pinning D6 after costly missed darts from ‘The Green Machine’.

Despite missed match darts on his throw, Price eventually secured the win – converting when it mattered most.

“I started off [the night] really slow. I was really edgy, obviously after losing the first game last week, and you want to get off with a good start,” said Price.

“I was really edgy first game. I thought I played a decent second game. Jonny [Clayton] pinched a couple of legs, so fair play to him. I played well in the final as well.”

Clayton roared back from 4-0 down to win six legs on the spin and beat a forlorn Stephen Bunting 6-4 in their quarter-final, with ‘The Bullet’ stuck on zero points and joint-bottom of the table after two weeks.

‘The Ferret’ produced a showcase of finishing, including going six darts into a nine darter, as he finished with a 103.17 average and hit 6 out 7 on the doubles.

Price set up an all-Welsh semi-final with Clayton after ‘The Iceman’ hit back from 3-1 and 4-2 down to edge out last week’s runner-up Gian van Veen – who missed a match dart in the deciding leg.

The former world champion continues his dominant record against Clayton – making it 10 on the spin over his World Cup teammate – by edging a deciding leg with an 100.8 average.

What’s happening on Night Three in Glasgow?

Littler headlines in Glasgow next Thursday, as he plays Van Gerwen in a repeat of the 2025 World Championship final, while Welsh duo Clayton and Price collide on Scottish soil.

In the other half of the draw, Bunting takes on Van Veen while defending champion Humphries tackles Rock.

Who will win this year’s Premier League Darts? Luke Humphries will be defending his title and you can watch the action every single Thursday from February until May on Sky Sports. Stream darts and more top sport with NOW.

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