VAN VEEN HITS OUT AT LITTLER AFTER FIERY CLASH

By Phil Lanning

GIAN VAN VEEN blasted that Luke Littler was “out of order” after their fiery clash at the Premier League.

The big Dutchman hit out at the world champion after he appeared to celebrate him missing match darts in Manchester.

Littler was angry after Van Veen stared him out as they were locked at 5-5 in the deciding leg.

The Nuke flung his arms up in the arm and did a cry baby gesture about the Dutch ace after he missed his own chance to win the match on double seven.

Van Veen eventually wrapped up the 6-5 win on double six and the pair exchanged a frosty handshake.

It was the second successive win for Van Veen over Littler in this year’s Premier League, four months after The Nuke thrashed him in the world final at the Ally Pally.

He then said: “From my perspective I missed the double 15 and I looked around.

“I was fuming with myself that I hit it on the inside. I looked around. He was celebrating me missing and I was like that is out of order.

“I was fuming about that. I don’t know he probably saw it and missed three darts at double seven. He looked at me like I was the problem. I was like I don’t know what I did wrong. He was celebrating me missing. That is out of order.

“He missed and I took it out, he’s probably fuming. That’s darts.

“That’s my perspective, probably his perspective is a different side of it.

“I love Luke to bits. He’s a fantastic player, he’s a fantastic guy for the sport as well. To see all the attention he has brought to the sport is phenomenal.

“But this is also part of it. Today was my day.”

Image by Taylor Lanning.