‘I think this is just his year’ - Michael van Gerwen speaks after losing to Cross in thriller

Michael Van Gerwen will not be back on New Years Day to defend his title against Phil Taylor at the World Championship. This was due to a dramatic loss against rising star Rob ‘Voltage’ Cross who took him to a sudden death leg which the Hastings darter took to win through to his first World Championship Final in his first year as a full time professional on the circuit. Van Gerwen didn’t speak to Sky Sports afterwards but spoke to PDC.TV.
"I hate losing, especially in this tournament," admitted Van Gerwen afterwards. "I think I was better than Rob but on the important moments I could not bring something extra.
"Missing these doubles was extremely painful. There was nothing I could do about it. He played really well, all credit to him. But I should have won this. I can only blame myself and nobody else.
"Of course he’s a great winner. But I think I deserved to win this match to be quite honest. I had six match darts and normally I don’t miss that many. I’m sick of it.
"I think this is just his year. He had the luck going for him. It’s that simple. Those doubles were so close on the wire. I’m sick about that. Normally that doesn’t happen to me and I’m the only one to blame for it.
‘My scoring was good at the right moment but my doubles let me down. I can only blame myself for that."
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