Luke Littler responds to crowd jeers as darts superstar suffers shock defeat

Luke Littler was able to see the funny side after he threw three horrendous darts which resulted in jeers from the crowd in Berlin. The headed to the German capital and saw the teenage sensation post a shocking 26 from three darts.

Littler cut a cool customer and jokingly fist pumped his incredibly low score as the crowd jeered him. He then asked for more noise as he walked away from the oche having picked out his three darts en route to a shock loss against Chris Dobey.

It meant he missed out on another Premier League victory with the Nuke uncharacteristically off his game in Berlin. Dobey managed to capitalise on missed doubles from the reigning champion to thump Littler 6-2 in a stunning win. Dobey averaged 93 and hit six out of eleven doubles to become the first player to beat Littler by a four-leg margin in the Premier League this year. The teenager meanwhile missed an surprising 11 doubles in defeat - hitting just two.

Littler remains top of the standings and has won four of the nine Premier League nights that've been held thus far. Luke Humphries, who fell in the semi-final, is his closest challenger.

' Mark Webster said on the teenager's performance: "He was poor on the doubles - 16 per cent - you can't legislate for that. It was an uncharacteristic performance from Luke. He looked disappointed at the end - he just left himself with too much work to do. A big win for Dobey and a good boost for the other players too."

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It was a night to remember though for Stephen Bunting, who had sat bottom and still brings up the rear of the standings, even after he claimed victory in Berlin. He hadn't won a single match all season and feared he may end up on an embarrassing zero points.

Instead he rattled off victories against Nathan Aspinall and Humphries before seeing off Gerwyn Price 6-5 in the final. After his first Premier League win in a decade he said: "It's unbelievable, a pinch-me moment. I've tried 110 per cent every single week. You see some negative comments come through on social media, but I just try and stay away from them. I've been working so hard behind the scenes and thankfully I've got a win. I'm so happy."

He continued: "This is such a special moment. There have been times during the Premier League where I've thought: 'Could I finish on zero points?' To get off the mark tonight and win a night, it's such a special feeling.

"It was a monkey on my back, the first game. I'd felt so good in the practice room - I hit a nine-darter - and that gave me a lot of confidence."

Michael Van Gerwen pulled out of the night minutes before the start of the night due to a shoulder injury with the Premier League field heading to Manchester next week.