"Luke Littler Faces Defeat Against Stephen Bunting After Controversial Van Veen Clash and Booing from Fans"

LUKE LITTLER got the big boos in Brighton before delivering his WORST-EVER TV performance.

The teen sensation was bashed 6-4 by Stephen Bunting with an average of just 83.94, his lowest ever in a PDC TV event on Thursday night.

Littler, 19, also got the worst reception from a UK crowd with huge jeers following on from his fiery spat with Gian van Veen the previous week.

The Nuke had been on a short break in the sun abroad and was well below his usual explosive self on the south coast seaside.

Littler was booed heavily on the walk-on and once on stage jokingly cupped his ear to the crowd.

Sky commentator Rod Studd said: “Littler is so under par, he’d be head of the Masters leaderboard.”

Bunting, on his 41st birthday, got the biggest gift with the league leader off the pace. He took the opening two legs with double four and double eight.

Littler seemed very flat but eventually got in the match with tops.

However Bunting kept up the pressure with the best finish of the match, a stunning 102 with double 16.

Despite The Nuke being so poor, Bunting was also missing doubles for fun and letting his opponent off the hook.

Littler narrowed the deficit again with tops to trail 3-2 but it was soon 4-2 with Bunting taking out double nine.

The constant feeling was that the world champ would suddenly get into his stride. But the comeback never happened.

Bunting hit double six and double 16 to wrap up the win and Littler left the stage to more jeers from the Brighton crowd.

Commenting on Littler’s performance, one fan wrote on X: “Luke Littler beyond rattled by the boos, he’s never played this bad. Maybe if he just accepted he was in the wrong he would stop getting booed and he’d be okay.”

While a second claimed: “Littler can’t hide how raging he is getting booed.”

A third weighed in: “That’s one of, if not the worst game of Premier League darts if watched. That was horrific by both. Don’t want to hear Littler saying he’s not bothered, he very clearly is, worst I’ve ever seen him play since his PDC debut.”

And another added: “This is the worst I’ve ever seen Luke Littler play #PremierLeagueDarts“.

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