Littler Stuns Price With Thrilling Dublin Comeback

ByPaul Higham

BBC Sport journalist

Luke Littler produced an astonishing comeback from 5-0 down to stun Gerwyn Price and triumph week 7 of Premier League Darts successful Dublin.

Price, who won successful Dublin past year, was ascendant arsenic he raced into nan lead, but he missed chance aft chance to termination disconnected nan crippled arsenic nan world champion came roaring back.

As nan Welshman missed 5 darts for nan match, Littler reeled disconnected six legs connected nan rotation for his 2nd play triumph of nan season.

The 19-year-old trim nan spread to convention leader Jonny Clayton down to conscionable 3 points aft a thrilling nighttime of Premier League action pinch immoderate eye-catching performances.

Littler had earlier beaten Michael van Gerwen successful different 6-5 thriller that contained 2 maximum 170 finishes, while Price had been objective erstwhile whitewashing winless Josh Rock 6-0 and past thumping defending Premier League champion Luke Humphries 6-1.

But Price's crippled conscionable deserted him successful nan extremity erstwhile conscionable 1 much double would person seen him decorativeness disconnected an different ascendant display.

More to follow.

Thursday, 19 March - 3Arena, Dublin

Quarter-finals

Gian van Veen v Michael van Gerwen - Van Gerwen gets a bye

Stephen Bunting 3-6 Luke Littler

Josh Rock 0-6 Gerwyn Price

Jonny Clayton 3-6 Luke Humphries

Semi-finals

Van Gerwen 5-6 Littler

Price 6-1 Humphries

Final

Littler 6-5 Price

Thursday, 26 March - Uber Arena, Berlin

Based connected convention array aft nighttime seven

Quarter-finals

Jonny Clayton v Josh Rock

Luke Humphries v Michael van Gerwen

Luke Littler v Stephen Bunting

Gerwyn Price v Gian van Veen

Semi-finals

Clayton/Rock v Humphries/Van Gerwen

Littler/Bunting v Price/Van Veen

Final

Clayton/Rock/Humphries/Van Gerwen v Littler/Bunting/Price/Van Veen

Premier League Darts is played crossed 16 first weeks successful nan convention shape pinch quarter-finals, semi-finals and a last each night.

Each of nan 8 players is guaranteed to look nan different 7 successful nan quarter-finals successful weeks 1 to 7 and 9-15, pinch week 8 and week 16 fixtures done disconnected nan table. It intends we will get 4th v 5th successful Sheffield connected nan last league-stage night, pinch nan play-off spots perchance connected nan line.

Players gain 2 points per quarter-final win, an further constituent if they triumph their semi-final and 5 for winning nan night.

The apical 4 players aft nan group shape advancement to nan play-off nighttime astatine London's O2 Arena connected 23 May, pinch first facing 4th and 2nd against 3rd successful a best-of-19-leg match. The final, which is nan champion of 21 legs, follows.

If players are level connected points aft nan 16 weeks past places are decided by nights won and past matches won.