Michael Van Gerwen crashed out of the 2025 Premier League with yet another desperate defeat.
Van Gerwen was in the brink of elimination in the 2025 Premier League campaign.
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He needed a quarter final victory over Nathan Aspinall and a nightly win to leapfrog his rival into fourth position to qualify for the play-offs at London’s O2 Arena next week.
The Sheffield crowd were in full voice on the final night with ‘The Green Machine’ knowing it was do or die at the oche.
His struggles have been well documented with Van Gerwen far from the levels of his previous tungsten brilliance.
And his woes on the big stage continued, with the Englishman delivering to secure his place at next week’s showpiece final week.
Aspinall cruised to a 6-2 victory and was delighted as he celebrated pinning the double top to finish the match.
The dart killed of Van Gerwen’s late assault on the play-offs and ensure Mr Brightside would feature on the London stage next week.
It saw Van Gerwen crash out of the competition at the last hurdle.
The mammoth seven-time winner was not at the races, and it was disappointment and dejection as he trudged off stage.
An anxious wait for an eighth title in the Premier League will go on, and he will be hoping to restore confidence and momentum in the coming weeks.
His latest defeat tops off a real patch of turmoil for the darting icon.
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2025 has been a mixed bag for Van Gerwen, who started off the year positively.
He was beaten only by teenage prodigy Luke Littler in the World Championship final in January, putting together a remarkable run with some vintage tungsten magic.
But he has yet to pick up a major TV title so far and is suffering a real crisis of confidence.
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