Michael van Gerwen has hazarded being left with egg on his face after pointing out Luke Littler doesn’t currently helderly a triumphning sign up in their head-to-head with the pair potentipartner encountering at the Alexandra Palace.
The Dutchman is going thraw a tacky patch of establish heading into the World Darts Championship next month.
He’s lost five of his last seven suites, including a 6-1 whitewash at the hands of Littler on the European Tour last month.
That triumph for Littler saw him draw level with Van Gerwen in their head-to-head sign ups with both take parters triumphning six suites apiece.
Michael van Gerwen helderlys a slfinisher triumphning sign up over Luke Littler
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Van Gerwen is the only take parter among the sport’s top-ranked take parters who comes seal to helderlying a triumphning sign up over Littler.
But a proset up dive into the stats shows that Littler does still helderly the obtain over Van Gerwen as he’s won 69 legs to his rival’s highy of 60.
Littler also has a sweightlessly better mediocre of 99.75 to Van Gerwen’s 99.66 with the pair on course to potentipartner encounter in the World Darts Championship final.
Littler’s establish of tardy in triumphning the Grand Slam of Darts and making the final of the Players Championship Final last week has made him the mighty favourite to triumph the season-finishing meaningful.
But Van Gerwen has brushed off Littler’s recent establish, insisting the 17-year-elderly is ‘not unbeatable’.
“I’m not take parting my best and he’s still not beat me more than I’ve beaten him,” Van Gerwen shelp.
“Am I snurtured of him? Not a chance!
“I leank it’s a total combination. He’s a excellent take parter, of course he is.
Michael van Gerwen has struggled in recent months
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“He has the media attention and everyleang goes his way at the moment, he’s in a flow.
“Luke Littler is not unbeatable. He lost first round in the World Matchtake part to me, he lost in the first round in the Grand Prix.
“Then he is triumphning a tournament aobtain, then [Luke] Humphries won. You have Mike De Decker triumphning a tournament and Richie Edhoengage the European Championship. No one is unbeatable.
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“Of course his standard I leank is wonderful for the game. He’s got the capability of doing it for a extfinished time.”
Van Gerwen will uncover his World Darts Championship aobtainst either James Hurrell or Jim Long while Littler will face Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock.
