Watch as Luke Littler speaks to the media after winning night five of Premier League darts in Brighton

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00:00Congrats Luke, we saw that win in DART go in and obviously we see you winning titles

00:07week in, week out now and you just look so cool about the win. Is it just business for

00:13you now, this is just business, you just need to do what you've got to do?

00:16Yeah, obviously the first game was huge and then to come off the back of it to win the

00:22semi-final against Michael again and obviously win the final, pick up all the points and

00:26close the cap on Luke Humphries again.

00:28Yeah, I heard you talking about the nine DART assists, we didn't see the first one,

00:32we know that you're a fan of DART, you love watching it, you get the first, I'm sure

00:36like all of us, when the nine DART go in. Did you watch the second one and how did you

00:40feel about it? Because one is a good one.

00:42I've seen the first one, missed the second one. My dad was showing me on my phone that

00:47I think Sky went down for the first one and then whilst we've been looking there's

00:51Page up there, so I was like that can't be a 170, it's got to be another nine and

00:54then a replay come on and we missed it. But no, I've seen one tonight.

00:58Showing that you are human because unfortunately it wasn't you doing the nine DART, how hungry

01:02does that make you feel for the future?

01:05Yeah, obviously at night you feel it when it comes, everything just goes to trebles

01:11but there's plenty more weeks to try and get the hands on the gold DARTs.

01:15I was about to say, do you want the gold DARTs?

01:18Yeah, they might use them for one night.

01:22I think maybe if you qualify comfortably you could use them one night.

01:25Maybe.

01:26Perfect, congratulations.

01:28Luke, congratulations. This is some run you're on, UK Open, second Premier League line.

01:34Is this the best version of Luke Niddler that we've seen so far?

01:39For myself I feel very comfortable going on the UK Open stage in Man United.

01:44Brilliant crowd here again tonight, brilliant crowd. But the run I'm on at the minute,

01:49I'm just happy with it. Everything's going, maybe some things aren't but obviously

01:55you've got legs where you can pick yourself up from and hopefully it continues in Belgium this weekend.

02:00Why are you sweeping everyone aside at the moment? These are seasoned pros and only your

02:05second year on tour. What do you feel with different personas in the practice room

02:10when they're coming off at least walk-in again? Because at the moment they can't get anywhere near you.

02:14Yeah, I just throw my DARTs and that's what I do. And obviously as the game goes on you

02:21see whoever I do play their heads maybe drop because I've got that two, three leg gap on them.

02:26And that spurs me on because if they get their head down then I know that I've got them.

02:30Do you feel you've got one foot at the O2 already after five weeks? You and Luke Humphries

02:35are dominating this at the moment.

02:37Yeah, obviously if you look at last year, well the past two years we've been 25, 26

02:41near enough there for the playoffs. But if I can get through with weeks to go then that

02:48will also be a bonus.

02:50If you get through with weeks to go, we see you experimenting at times. Will we see some

02:54more experimentations then?

02:56Maybe, but I'm hungry for more nightly wins and some more money then. I throw my normal DARTs.

03:00Luke, congratulations. Both the finals you've won so far this year have gone to a last leg

03:07for CIDR. Do you enjoy the occasion and the pressure of a last leg CIDR on a big stage?

03:14Even now obviously through my youth days I don't really lose many last leg CIDRs. For

03:21myself it's just a case of just letting them know. Because if you're playing a 105 hour

03:27job game with your opponent you know that the game is going to be done in 12, 13 DARTs

03:31so you just know that you've got to find it.

03:33You've won a huge amount in the short time you've been on tour with the UK Open just

03:38last week. You've already won a Premier League at 18 years of age. How do you maintain the

03:43hunger to keep winning?

03:45It's just in yourself. You want to go and win everything and run them on in the minute.

03:51I'm sure obviously I want to go and pick up the title in Belgium this weekend and hopefully

03:56make it back to back.

03:57Do you think your competitors have the same hunger as yourself?

04:01I don't see it in them. Obviously if they're hungry for themselves obviously they'll want

04:07it as much as I do.

04:10Luke, people used to say back in the day that Phil Taylor and Michael Van Gogh had people

04:15beat before they stepped foot on the Yorkie. Are you almost feeling that around you at

04:19the moment?

04:22It depends. Obviously as the first few legs go on and they get that two, three leg gap.

04:28Like I said, I can see the opponents throwing the darts away, their heads are gone and that's

04:33when I can put pressure on them.

04:35Just before that final started we saw Nathan talking to Huw. Was anything thrown on the

04:39stage? It looked like there was something on the stage that he picked up and threw away.

04:42I think there was a pipe through.

04:44Oh, from the 9-0?

04:45No, Nathan.

04:46Oh, Nathan?

04:47As soon as he got on the stage.

04:48I feel crazy.

04:50We've got the Euro top in Belgium now, which is where you won last year. It was all quite

04:55chaotic last year because you do the Premier League and then you can come in your window

04:59that night, come in, do the media and then you can fly out to play on the Friday. Is

05:03this almost a relief now that you've got that extra day to prepare and maybe see a more

05:07dangerous version of you because you've been more well rested?

05:10Yeah, last year it was just a case of waking up in the early hours, getting myself into

05:16the top 16 for the European tour. So you do play on that Saturday and that's what I've

05:23done. Obviously, like you said, I get the day off tomorrow to travel to Belgium.

05:28I know you're not a morning person, so I'm guessing there will be quite big numbers posted

05:32tomorrow or Saturday.

05:34Yeah, hopefully. Obviously, I'm very happy with the way I'm playing at the minute and

05:39I'd love to go back-to-back. The crowd last year were absolutely amazing. They even said

05:42there should be a Premier League in Belgium, so let's hope that's the same.

05:47Luke, congratulations tonight on the UK Open, a successful weekend. How's it gone for you

05:56going from the UK Open to tonight? Is there any change in your mindset after winning a

06:01major on the weekend to now?

06:03Just the case of me knocking, obviously, at the league table coming into tonight. You

06:07can see my confidence is well cleared, but obviously after his loss, I don't think too

06:13much of it. I just want to win the semi-final, take it game by game. But no, since the UK

06:18Open, it's just been chilling at home. Didn't throw it out until tonight, but it's gone

06:23well again.

06:24Nick, just on the fans' views of the forward that have been criticised before in the past,

06:29you spoke to Luke Humphries earlier and he said that he felt that they were quite a good

06:33time on his side, obviously, before and after the ninth half. You mentioned the point guard's

06:37phone at Nathan Aspinall. How have you found the crowd in the Premier League this year?

06:43I think we all know some have been good, some have been a bit bad, but that's the dark

06:50bands for you. They're either good or they're either bad.

06:54You mentioned Nathan having that Pine phone, but a couple of minutes later he had a real

07:01swagger about him. Did you notice that? He was sort of there and then he was up there.

07:06How did you deal with that?

07:08Yeah, it's just a case of obviously Nathan, I went 3-1 up and he got it back to 3-3 and

07:13then he got the darts back again. So what he was doing, he was confident in himself,

07:18got himself back into the game, but then I just went on to win it.

07:23You did what you did, you just seemed to stay very level.

07:25Yeah, obviously Nathan, he was very confident in himself. I lost two on the bounce, but

07:32it was all about just focusing and trying to get back into the lead and that's what I've done.

07:36Brighton, a long way from home for you, but you seem to be doing quite well there in Fancy,

07:41do you like it?

07:42Yeah, I don't know how well I did last year, but this year it's been very good. Collected

07:47all the points I could possibly get tonight and fly out to Belgium and see how it goes

07:52on this weekend.

07:53Congrats.

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