{"id":49827,"date":"2026-03-27T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/49827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:46:12","slug":"luke-littler-gives-perfect-response-to-hostile-german-crowd-at-premier-league-night-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/49827\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Littler gives perfect response to hostile German crowd at Premier League night in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Littler brushed off a hostile reception from German darts fans tonight, delivering a commanding 6-3 victory over Stephen Bunting in the Premier League quarter-finals in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>The back-to-back world champion was greeted with boos and jeers as he walked to the stage for what was always going to be a tricky evening.<\/p>\n<p>Night eight in Berlin was the fixture &#8216;The Nuke&#8217; had been dreading most, given his well-documented clashes with German crowds.<\/p>\n<p>But Littler showed brilliant composure, striding out with a steely expression and letting his darts do the talking as he sealed his semi-final spot with a solid 104.73 average.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"57320\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"f4dffe8e66d7fbcaadca9ad95a13c49c\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201113'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/luke-littler-was-in-dominant-form-against-stephen-bunting-as-he-beat-him-6-3.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1113\" alt=\"Luke Littler was in dominant form against Stephen Bunting as he beat him 6-3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Luke Littler was in dominant form against Stephen Bunting as he beat him 6-3<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>SKY SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Littler raced into a dominant 4-0 lead, looking utterly unstoppable in the early stages.<\/p>\n<p>Bunting finally got on the board at the fifth attempt with a brilliant 167 checkout \u2013 a finish that deserved the roar it received from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Bullet&#8217; then claimed a second leg after Littler narrowly missed the bullseye when attempting a 170 finish.<\/p>\n<p>But that was as good as it got for the crowd favourite.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, Bunting actually outscored Littler on the night, posting an impressive 107.47 average compared to his opponent&#8217;s 104.73 \u2013 but it simply wasn&#8217;t enough to stop the teenage sensation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luke Littler gets off to a flyer in Berlin and advances to the semi-finals \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xpruJsyBLk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xpruJsyBLk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Darts (@SkySportsDarts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsDarts\/status\/2037253502422921577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 26, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Littler has never hidden his frustration with German audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old has repeatedly criticised their behaviour, calling out the booing, whistling and jeering that he and other players face on stage.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s even threatened to stay away from German events altogether.<\/p>\n<p>After losing at the German Darts Grand Prix last year, Littler suggested he&#8217;d skip the World Cup in Frankfurt, saying: &#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t have been in Munich but had to play anyway, next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He did eventually compete alongside Luke Humphries, but the world&#8217;s top two players were knocked out by Germany in their opening match.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Littler brushed off a hostile reception from German darts fans tonight, delivering a commanding 6-3 victory over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,27844,190,26914,10308,2807],"class_list":{"0":"post-49827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-darts","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-luke-littler","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-sport"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116300506519071233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}