Featured Image Credit: Twitch/@angryginge13
Topics: Luke Littler, Darts
Ryan Smart
Luke Littler's reaction spoke volumes after Twitch streamer AngryGinge nearly won a last-leg decider against him in an impromptu darts match.
AngryGinge, who has over one million followers on the streaming platform, was joined by Littler for an in-house watchalong of Manchester United's FA Cup fourth round fixture against Leicester City.
Harry Maguire scored the winning goal for United in stoppage time to secure a 2-1 win for Ruben Amorim - albeit the England star should have been flagged for offside in the build-up.
Littler, who is a United fan, celebrated the victory with fellow Red Devils supporter Ginge.
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At half-time, the pair decided to have a best-of-five leg darts match against each other in Ginge's office, with the match being streamed live on Twitch.
Incredibly, Ginge managed to take 'The Nuke' to a last-leg decider - and he had one match dart at double 18.
Sadly for the streamer, he hit the single 18 instead, with Littler returning to the oche to take out double 20 with his first dart.
The 18-year-old took a second to take in the victory - perhaps not expecting to have been pushed so hard by his friend.
It is worth noting that the standard wasn't exactly PDC standard, with Littler averaging 72 (while not wearing shoes) and Ginge averaging 64.
But it was still a competitive match-up that caught plenty of attention online.
And they then competed in an additional leg, which saw Littler prove his class by taking out the 'big fish' - the maximum 170 checkout that can be hit in a game of darts.
'The Nuke' is next in action on February 10 and 11 when the first Players Championship events of the season take place in Wigan.
Only three current PDC Tour Card holders are absent for the events - one of those being Michael van Gerwen - with reigning WDF Women's World Champion Beau Greaves set to make her PDC Pro Tour debut as she is top of the Challenge Tour rankings which are used to top-up entries.