Luke Littler slams trolls as darts star rages at fans 'at home charging their phones waiting for me to lose'

Darts sensation Luke Littler hit back at armchair fans “sat at home charging their phones” after he crashed out of the Players Championship.

The world darts champion lost to Joe Cullen 6-3 at the Last 32 stage in Wigan on Monday afternoon. He did claim two wins as he beat Martin Lukeman 6-3 in a repeat of the Grand Slam final and Jim Long 6-4.

But keyboard trolls criticised ‘The Nuke’s’ low-key displays, although has said himself he finds it hard to pump himself up for ProTour days as there is no crowd. Littler’s new-found fame sees him relish the big audiences with double digit titles already. And Littler replied from his Facebook account: “Still earned a few quid today while these are sat at home charging their phones waiting for me to lose.”

On Facebook one fan jumped to his defence and said: “All you Littler haters make me laugh – remember what he’s done and won in one year on tour. Hate people who rip into people’s success.”

The world darts champion averaged just 87.81 against Cullen and 87.31 in the win over Lukeman. He had earlier hit a 90 average in the victory against Canadian Long.