Luke Littler is grateful to come through another hostile reception and secure victory despite being booed once again.
The world champion proved too good on night 12, beating Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, and then Jonny Clayton in the final for his fifth nightly win.
But after more boos in Liverpool for the Manchester man, Littler is pleased with how he performed under pressure.
“It is what it is [crowd booing]. I’ve won and we move on to next week,” Littler told Sky Sports.
“Rotterdam was way louder than this tonight. This week was nothing compared to last week. But I’ve just got to forget about it. I was focused, I definitely wanted to win tonight and that’s what I’ve done. I even proved to people last week that I can win games under those circumstances and I’ve done it again.
“There is no anxiety there. I just expect the worst but it was not worse than Rotterdam. That is the worst I have experienced. It is good to come through those games under those circumstances.”
Littler also revealed that he is yet to settle his differences with Gian Van Veen, who maintains his rival was “out of order” for “celebrating towards the crowd” in their recent clash.
“No, we have not spoken, but I’m not the type of person to go up and talk to him or something like that,” Littler said. “Maybe he is waiting for me to go and talk to him, but I’m not the type of person.
“Even in the practice room, people will talk to me first. I am not the type of person to be chatting away. We can obviously settle it on the dartboard. In the back room it has just been normal. It has just been the same preparation-wise.
“I think he’s forgotten about it. I forgot about it. If I need to talk to him, then I will. I don’t regret anything. Obviously, I had my opinion, he has got his opinion, so we are all entitled to it.
“I think we have both moved on with our game on stage, but off stage, obviously, we’ve not spoken. But yeah, I’m sure we will.”
