Luke Littler thrashed by Chris Dobey in Premier League Darts after teen star's finishing lets him down in Berlin

Luke Littler's blistery streak successful Premier League Darts was ended successful emphatic manner by Chris Dobey successful Berlin connected Thursday night.

World champion Littler had won 3 of the erstwhile 4 mini-tournaments, including successful Newcastle past week erstwhile helium thrashed Luke Humphries 6-1 successful the final.

However, the teenage sensation's bid for Night 9 glory successful Germany did not advancement beyond the archetypal hurdle arsenic helium mislaid to Chris Dobey successful the quarter-finals.

Littler deed much 180s than Dobey - 4 to 2 - and besides ended with a marginally higher three-dart mean of 93.28, compared to his opponent's 93.23.

But Dobey was vastly much palmy erstwhile it came to finishing and his 54.5% checkout occurrence complaint helped him wrapper up a 6-2 triumph implicit Littler, who missed 11 of his 13 darts astatine a double.

The crippled was played successful beforehand of a boisterous crowd, who took large delight successful a uncommon people of 26 by Littler successful limb three.

Littler was aboriginal criticised by darts fans connected societal media for what was a below-par show by his precocious standards.

One instrumentality tweeted: 'Littler needs to enactment connected his doubles. That was shocking finishing'.

Another wrote: 'Littler letting the assemblage get into his head. Saw it portion waiting for the locomotion on'.

After beating Littler, Dobey went up against a rested Gerwyn Price successful the semi-finals.

Price - who had been fixed a bye done to the past 4 due to the fact that Michael van Gerwen was sick - bushed Dobey 6-2.

On the different broadside of the draw, Stephen Bunting bushed Nathan Aspinall 6-2 earlier overcoming Humphries by the aforesaid scoreline.

Humphries had earlier beaten Rob Cross 6-3.

The nighttime ended with Bunting beating Price 6-5 successful a melodramatic final.