Teenage star Luke Littler has reached the final at the world darts championship — again. Still just 17, Littler routed Stephen Bunting 6-1 on Thursday to give himself another shot at the title, one year after his unlikely run brought waves of new fans to the sport.

Liverpool face Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, but two of the clubs' well-known supporters will face each other on Thursday at the PDC World

The teenage phenom set up a semi-final against Stephen Bunting with victory over Nathan Aspinall at Ally Pally

World Darts Championship live updates, results, start time, order of play and scores from Luke Littler vs Stephen Bunting plus Michael van Gerwen vs Chris Dobey

Luke Littler has reached the World Darts Championship final for the second year in a row after defeating Stephen Bunting in the last four. The 17-year-old will face three-time champion Michael van Gerwen in a dream final at Alexandra Palace on Friday after ‘The Green Machine’ eliminated Chris Dobey.

Sensational 17-year-old Luke Littler etched his name into darting history with a 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen to become the youngest PDC World Darts Championship winner.

Teenage phenomenon Luke Littler became the youngest ever darts world champion on Friday when he swept past three-time winner Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.

Luke Littler became the youngest-ever darts World Champion on Friday night, beating Michael van Gerwen having already dispatched of Liverpool fan Stephen Bunting.