"Vital points gone" - Gerwyn Price bitterly disappointed miss out on another weekly Premier League Darts win in Berlin
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On Thursday night, Gerwyn Price reached his third Premier League Darts final of the season. While "The Iceman" had claimed victory in Dublin and Nottingham, things went awry for him in Berlin.
The Welshman needed to win just one match to secure his spot in the final. He had been set to face Michael van Gerwen in the quarterfinals, but the Dutchman withdrew shortly before the match due to a shoulder injury.
As a result, Price received a bye to the semifinals, where he comfortably dispatched Chris Dobey 6-2. That set up a showdown in the final against Stephen Bunting.
Bunting, meanwhile, secured his first win of this Premier League campaign in the German capital, defeating Nathan Aspinall 6-2 in the opening match. He then overcame Luke Humphries by the same scoreline to book his place in the final.
In a peculiar final, where the first six legs all went against the throw, Bunting edged out Price 6-5 amid raucous support from the German crowd.
Throughout the match, Price found himself on the receiving end of jeers from the audience. Boos rang out whenever the former rugby player stepped up to throw, prompting him to respond sarcastically on several occasions—raising his thumb or offering a mocking applause to the German fans.
Afterwards, Price took to Instagram to react to his final defeat. "Gutted to lose there in the final, vital points gone which people don't realise," began the former world champion's honest assessment. "We go on I suppose. Manchester next week."
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BUNTING WINS NIGHT NINE! 🏆
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) April 3, 2025
Stephen Bunting was winless for eight weeks, but has now won three games on the spin and beats Gerwyn Price in a last-leg decider to secure his first nightly win!
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- Anderson was in the semis as well so 3 of 4 players were Scottish.Mysstree09-04-2025
- I agree,but there still isn't a good enough German player to be considered. I've said before,scrap the whole thing,its a payday for the top players and gives nothing to anyone elserick6707-04-2025
- The Premier League isn’t a meritocracy as it’s not the top 8 players in the rankings, either at the start of the league or now. Dobey currently 9, Price 12. Aside from the top four Sky get picks, thats not meritocracy.Mysstree07-04-2025
- Aspinall really struggles against Littler. Head to head is currently 9 - 1 in Littlers favour.Mysstree07-04-2025
- Less exhibitions then you numpty.Mysstree06-04-2025
- I agree. There needs to be a points system and preferably just a rolling one year. World Championship should earn the most points though it can be argued that the current qualification system does see a fair few players qualify from regional country qualifiers who would struggle to hold down a place on the Pro Tour. If prize money won is going to remain as the determining factor for ranking then the World Championship should just consist of the 128 Tour Card Holders. Another option would be to take the World Championship out of the rankings and have it as the stand alone pinnacle that you qualify for by winning certain tournaments or your ranking position, sort of like a GSOD+.Mysstree05-04-2025
- The Premier league has literally become a pantomime with a hero and villain, all thats needed is an older dart player in drag to play the joke old woman / queen and a younger woman to play the male hero. Barry is probably working on it now.Mysstree04-04-2025
- Ridiculous the booing for both these players in the final in Germany tonightListerAnderson03-04-2025
- May only have won two PDC Majors but thats two more than most players will ever win. He wasn’t lucky either to beat Taylor and MVG, he outplayed them.Mysstree29-03-2025
- Bunting is having a nightmare.Mysstree28-03-2025