Michael van Gerwen put Sky Sports in an awkward spot with a slip of the tongue following his defeat to Luke Littler in the World Darts Championship final.
The Dutchman ended up on the wrong side of a 7-3 hammering, with Littler pulling out all the stops to achieve world domination at the age of just 17.
Van Gerwen was obviously hurting but remained classy in defeat and gave credit to Littler for delivering when it mattered.
In his post-match interview on Sky Sports, he said: “I went 4-0 behind and after that I didn’t do myself justice, but that’s the way it is. You need to try and fight and battle back.
“After coming back from 4-0 down, I definitely wasn’t the worst player out of us but fair play to him. Every moment he got to hurt me, he did.”
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