Tearful Luke Littler admitted his Premier League struggles and the boos from the crowd had made him consider walking away before he beat great rival Luke Humphries in an epic final at the O2.…

Tearful Luke Littler admitted his Premier League struggles and the boos from the crowd had made him consider walking away before he beat great rival Luke Humphries in an epic final at the O2. Littler won a nail-biting last-leg decider to regain his crown and pocket a £350,000 jackpot.

Key points

• The world No 1 was subjected to more pantomime booing and whistling from the 16,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena.
• But the 19-year-old shrugged off the jeers which have followed him around recently to reclaim the title he lost to Humphries in last year’s final.
• It was the third straight meeting between darts’ top pair in the final, and it was Warrington thrower Littler who came from 6-3 down to edge a thriller 11-10.
• Add in his record-equalling six nightly wins over the 17-week marathon and Littler has raked in an eye-watering £410,000.
• But some controversial incidents, not least an on-stage argument with Dutch opponent Gian van Veen in Manchester, left him confiding in girlfriend Faith that the crowd’s reaction…