Gary Anderson has his first win of the 2021 Premier League after edging past Jose de Sousa in a 7-5 win.
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As Anderson said in his post match interview, he was 4-1 up before De Sousa missed chances to draw and he admitted he is hitting a barrier in his game.
"At 4-1 up, I was enjoying it and it all went Pete Tong. I just had to slow down and take my time a bit but lucky enough in the last leg, he missed," said Anderson post match in Sky Sports.
"I'm finding out with my game, I'm alright and then all of a sudden I hit a brick wall for about a couple of legs but just got to play through it now."
It was a first meeting against 'The Special One' and he heaped praise on the Grand Slam champion as a player he would watch personally as well as giving his rating on his performance.
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"I like Jose. When you talk about watching dart players how to throw, I'd watch him. His throw is lovely, smooth, nice hard throw. It's brilliant."
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Gary Anderson sneaks the victory against De Sousa!
A close fought opener here but Gary Anderson clinches a 7-5 victory over Jose De Sousa to get his first victory of the 2021 Premier League