Littler closes gap at top of Premier League table with win over Clayton in Liverpool

Luke Littler silenced the Liverpool crowd and closed the gap at the top of the Premier League table with an emphatic 6-1 victory over Jonny Clayton on Night 12.

Clayton is still in top spot in the Premier League with four regular weeks remaining on 32 points, but Littler is now just three points behind on 29.

Gerwyn Price sits in third spot on 19 points, with Michael van Gerwen in fourth on 18 points.

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Gian van Veen is then next in line on 14 points, while defending champion Luke Humphries is in sixth on 13 points, with the race for Finals Night really hitting crunch time.

The win marks Littler's fifth nightly win of his campaign and the Manchester native spent his night defying the jeers of the partisan Liverpool audience who were on his opponent's side throughout the evening.

However, Littler stayed strong throughout, especially on the doubles, and sealed a big win in his quest to go into Finals Night in top spot.

"It was a good night. I'm very happy with myself," Littler told Sky Sports.

"Usually the doubling is not there, but I'm very thankful it was tonight. A lot of crucial doubles at crucial times.

"I'm very close to Jonny now, three points off. I'm going to go chasing - I want to finish top once again - and if it's not to be, it's not to be. But there's still four weeks to go."

In the final against Clayton, Littler raced into a 5-0 lead as he denied the Welshman any opportunity to get into the contest. In the first three legs Clayton's only checkout chances came on bullseye.

Clayton managed to stop the rot to ensure he did not suffer a whitewash defeat but that only delayed Littler's victory by one leg.

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