‘No, no, that’s annoying’ – Michael van Gerwen bats off question after defeat to Luke Littler
‘No, no, that’s annoying’ – Michael van Gerwen bats off question after defeat to Luke Littler
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MICHAEL van Gerwen admits World Final defeat to Luke Littler still feels “sour” - and that he broke a toe on holiday. The three-time world champion returned to the big stage in the Dutch Masters but was disappointing in another defeat to Luke Littler in Den Bosch.
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MVG, 35, missed the opening Bahrain Masters as he was on holiday in Thailand. On his injury sustained abroad, he told Viaplay: "You didn’t hear that. I told you that. "No no, that’s annoying, but you’re not doing anything about it. "It happened last week on vacation. An accident is just a bump in the road.
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"I enjoyed my vacation. Definitely, nice to unwind, go away with family. Now we need to get back to darts, right?". Van Gerwen admitted that he is still low about the World Final loss to The Nuke. He added: "At the moment itself it’s very sour. "But it wouldn’t be fair to myself if I didn’t look at this positively.
BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. “I put up a very nice tournament and played fantastic. S. "our that I didn't reward myself, but I can take a lot of satisfaction from it now.". MVG was also annoyed with his display in the 6-3 semi-final defeat to Littler, 18, on Saturday night.
He said: “I played terrible tonight, this performance was not acceptable. "I was really focused all day and wanted to win this trophy so much. "No matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t get them when I wanted them. "I was lucky to be 3-3, it could have been 6-0.".
