- Gerwyn Price beat Luke Littler 6-4 on night three of Premier League Darts
- Littler was on the receiving end of whistles from the crowd and bit back at times
Premier League Darts night three was one to forget for Luke Littler as he was beaten by Gerwyn Price in a match where he was booed and whistled by the Dublin crowd.
Price beat Luke Littler 6-4 in the quarter-final clash to make it five wins in a row over the teenage sensation – who appeared frustrated as he made his way off the stage.
The Iceman ended the match with an average of 102.64, having scored five 180s on his way to booking a place in the semi-finals.
Littler was given a hard time by the Irish fans and he let them know how he felt about them midway through the match.
Littler landed hit double 14 to reduce his leg deficit and proceeded to gesture to to them to calm down before making a flicking motion.
It was more emotion than we are used to seeing from the usually calm and collected 18-year-old, who had spoken about fans whistling before the event.
Luke Littler had some back and forth with the Dublin crowd as he lost to Gerwyn Price
Littler gestured to the Irish fans after winning his second leg, telling them to calm down
The 18-year-old was then seen throwing his darts case on the floor as he left the stage
After the defeat, Littler walked off stage and threw his darts case onto the floor in an evident show of frustration from the teenage superstar.
Littler said there is no place for whistling in darts, but does not think a player will ever walk off stage because of it.
His comments came after his Premier League win in Glasgow last week, which was marred by the crowd whistling when his opponents were at the oche throwing crucial darts.
Asked whether a player could walk off, Littler said: ‘well for us players, probably not. Obviously, I wouldn’t want it to happen to anyone. If that was the worst case then I’m sure a player, I don’t know, has he got the right to walk off stage? Maybe, or maybe not.
‘If a player does walk off stage, then I’m sure the security, they’ve got to do their job and obviously kick whoever’s doing the whistling out. Just kick them out. And then I’m sure as players, we can get on with it.
‘Obviously it’s not a good thing for any fans to be whistling, whether it’s me or my opponent.
‘For example, last week Rob Cross when he missed two at double 18, they whistled, he missed. You can say it was the crowd’s fault that he missed those doubles because you never see Rob Cross miss double 18.
‘We’ve just got to get on with our job. And if the fans are whistling against our opponents then it’ll certainly help us’.
