Luke Littler silenced the booing boys as Liverpool secured a sweet Premier League win.
The 17-year-old was jeered at the Martha’s Bank Arena but turned the jeers into cheers as he beat Rob Cross 6-2 in the final as a hostile crowd couldn’t stand it Live with admiration.
The 17-year-old has been a fan favorite since bursting onto the scene at the World Championships over Christmas, but his antics on social media have not gone down well on Merseyside.
Littler is an avid Manchester United fan and has enjoyed prodding rivals Liverpool in recent weeks as their hopes of a fourth-place finish have evaporated.
Despite being from nearby Warrington, he was jeered onto the stage in unprecedented scenes but took it all in good spirits, reminding fans of his late goal in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s Merseyside derby score before defeating Gwen Price in the final.
Littler’s showmanship has improved as he has become accustomed to life in the spotlight, and his interaction with the fans during his semi-final match against Nathan Aspinall seemed to inspire him as he won four rounds in a row. , turned a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 win, surviving five match darts.
By the time he faced Kroos in the final, the crowd had calmed down, perhaps in awe of his brilliant performance.
He broke things off in the first leg with a score of 111 and never looked back, finishing off the run with an incredible 105 average score.
The win, his fifth in 13 games, puts Littler back at the top of the Premier League table and puts him on the verge of a place in the four-man play-offs at London’s O2 Arena, and he couldn’t have chosen a better one. The place to do it.
“I know what’s going to happen this week and I’m preparing for it, I always interact with the crowd and in the semi-finals I played with complete freedom,” he said.
“I felt comfortable, I knew what was going to happen and I was happy to win. I was expecting the worst. It was a bit bad but I didn’t help myself but I kept my cool and won all the games.
“It was just a joke, I knew what I was getting into and I knew what was going to happen. I knew it would be completely different and I’m happy tonight. I think I won!
