- Luke Littler found 5-1 against Rob Cross in the Premier League
- He survived three darts from the game and left five straight legs to win the game
Luke Littler fought from the edge of defeat to overcome Rob Cross in a classic contest in the Premier League on Thursday night.
Littler and Cross met in the first quarterfinals in Glasgow, and it was the last one who quickly took the promotion.
The 2018 world champion ran to an advantage of 5-1 and seemed to program the semifinals, but a dart was lost in Double 20 to conclude the victory.
Back returned smaller to reduce the deficit to 5-4, but Cross then left two darts twice the 18 to do the job.
However, its two darts moved the wrong side of the cable and Littler intervened to nail the double 10 and take the game to a decisive leg.
After surviving three games, the final stretch was a unidirectional traffic since Littler moved away from his rival before hitting double Top to complete an incredible return.
Luke Littler won five legs in the trot to complete an incredible return victory over Rob Cross
Littler had a slow beginning, but he recovered at the time to obtain an important victory
Littler obtained his first points on the board on this year's Premier League after overcoming Cross
The victory assured the first Littler points of the Premier League season after Michael Van Gerwen hit him in the quarterfinal stage in Belfast last week.
He will have the opportunity to take revenge when he faces the Dutchman in the semifinals later tonight after Van Gerwen went to Stephen Bunting in his own quarterfinals.
Van Gerwen, who lost to Littler in the final of the world championship last month, seemed in the best way while sealed a 6-1 victory over the popular Liverpudlian.