- Littler and MVG met in the first round at the inauguration of the Premier League Night
- Fans booed Van Gerwen as he approached to finish Littler in Belfast's clash
- Two days ago, MVG described him with a 'baby' for sleeping before a photo shoot
Luke Littler treated the crowd a gesture about his rival Michael Van Gerwen when the Dutch enacted revenge for his world championship of the Darts championship.
The 18-year-old Nuclear crashed from the first round on the opening night of the Premier League in Belfast through a 6-5 defeat against the Dutch legend.
Littler hit a surprising average of 113.91, only Phil Taylor has lost a game of the premier with higher, but Van Gerwen began in the semifinals, where he was defeated by Luke Humphries.
The contest came only one day after Van Gerwen, 35, hit Littler as a “baby” for sleeping and arriving 45 minutes late at a photo shoot in Belfast.
Stephen Bunting added that the stars of the Darts of the Premier League had been 'frozen' waiting for the adolescent of the pillow.
When Van Gerwen approached the OCHE to finish Littler on Thursday, the crowd began to boo in an attempt to postpone it.
![Luke Littler discouraged the multitude of Boing Michael van Gerwen on Thursday night](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/07/07/94960491-0-image-a-18_1738914363979.jpg)
Luke Littler discouraged the multitude of Boing Michael van Gerwen on Thursday night
![The nuclear crashed from the first round of the Premier League darts with a 6-5 defeat against MVG](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/07/07/94960495-0-image-m-20_1738914384432.jpg)
The nuclear crashed from the first round of the Premier League darts with a 6-5 defeat against MVG
![The crowd had booed Van Gerwen when he approached to finish an exciting meeting of Belfast](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/07/07/94960497-0-image-a-21_1738914455865.jpg)
The crowd had booed Van Gerwen when he approached to finish an exciting meeting of Belfast
But Warrington's boy moved his finger to the audience to discourage them in a brand of respect for his enemy.
He had had the opportunity to claim victory, but shot rightly to the triple 19 that required establishing a bullseye payment.
Littler had a good start in the game and established an advantage of 2-1, but Van Gerwen crossed Darts's devastating volleyball to reach the last four.
The contest had acquired an additional layer of intensity because Van Gerwen talked about Littler's behavior in the previous days.
'45 minutes late, you mean. They need to stop treating it like a baby. He is no longer a baby, now he is 18 years old, '' he had said for the delay in the photo shoot.
'It happens. You have to learn. You have to learn for the bad. It is a professional sport, so it must be responsible for its actions. Simple as that.
'If you get late for an interview, I don't care! But seven other people are waiting for him. That is not very nice, right?
Before his meeting with Van Gerwen in the Premier League on Thursday, a rematch of the World Championship final, Littler acknowledged that his rival had a point.
![MVG criticized Littler as a 'baby' after he arrived 45 minutes late at a photo shoot](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/07/07/94960507-0-image-a-22_1738914566554.jpg)
MVG criticized Littler as a 'baby' after he arrived 45 minutes late at a photo shoot
'I always let my darts speak, Littler told Sky Sports. 'But he is not wrong, I was late.
“Now I am 18, I am responsible for my actions and I realized a little.”
Anyway, he has the best rules of bluff. In January, Littler won a 7-3 victory to break Van Gerwen's Reocrd for being the youngest world champion in history, for six years.
Luke Humphries won his Premier League campaign in the perfect beginning, since he claimed the victory and the £ 10,000 in Belfast.
It will be held for 17 weeks in places in England, as well as Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff and the Netherlands.
The playoffs will begin at the O2 in London on Thursday, May 29.