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Humphries delights home crowd to edge out Van Gerwen

World number one Luke Humphries delighted the home crowd as he battled to victory over Michael van Gerwen to win night 15 of the Premier League in Leeds.

Humphries - decked out in a Leeds United themed shirt as he revelled in the support of the First Direct Arena crowd - produced a string of impressive displays before edging out Van Gerwen in a last-leg decider.

After breaking in the first leg of the final, Dutchman Van Gerwen - who earlier beat Premier League leader Luke Littler - had opened up a 3-1 lead before Humphries came roaring back to level at 3-3.

There remained little between the two men with a run of lost throws before a missed out shot on 32 handed Humphries his first match darts.

The world number one, though, could not take out 78 as Van Gerwen levelled up at 5-5.

Both men then missed chances to clinch victory before 'Cool Hand' Humphries edged it, landing double top with his last dart in hand to secure a fourth nightly win overall.

"When I walked in here, I did feel a little bit of pressure, I can't lie," Humphries said on Sky Sports.

"I knew it (pressure) was on me. This was a dream for me tonight to perform in front of a crowd that I don't do very often.

"Tonight was amazing. Going on to win was one of my greatest experiences in darts."

Humphries, who walked out to 'I Predict A Riot' by Kaiser Chiefs, added: "The crowd were fantastic. It is what dreams are made of.

"I have played really well tonight, but it is how you peak on night 17 - being Premier League champion is something that would mean a lot to me."

Littler remains five points clear at the top of the table, with Humphries and Van Gerwen also having qualified for the O2, while Nathan Aspinall and Michael Smith look set to battle it out for the fourth

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