“Everyone needs a friend like Nathan,” darts fans shout after moments with Littler
DARTS fans enjoyed the wholesome moment between Nathan Aspinall and Luke Littler tonight, despite the pre-match fight talk.
17-year-old ‘Luke the Nuke’ – who lost to Michael Smith in the semi-finals – dominated his good friend on Night 6 of the Premier League Darts in Brighton.
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Aspinall, 32, had vowed to “crush” the youngster before the match but it was he who was left licking his wounds after a 6-3 defeat.
Both Littler and Aspinall have the same management company and practice together regularly, although “The Asp” said the teenager never got the upper hand during training.
Although the match did not go as expected, the former US Darts Masters and UK Open champion still had a smile on his face.
Littler, who joined Liam Gallagher on the latest episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, was taking a swig from his bottle on stage after reaching the semi-finals when a magical moment occurred.
Suddenly an arm came from behind him and rested on his stomach as Aspinall leaned forward and whispered something in his ear as the young gun started to smile.
Littler then burst out laughing when the veteran gave him a playful shove on the side of the head as they continued to laugh.
The clip quickly went viral on social media and the duo’s supporters absolutely loved what they saw for Aspinall.
“Everyone needs a friend like Nathan,” said one response.
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Another said: “I love these two.”
A third commented: “@NathanAspi is like a big brother to @LukeTheNuke180.”
While a fourth said: “Gotta love the Asp. A great joke between the two.”
The two had met each other once before.
That was in a match in which Littler hit a brilliant nine-darter during the Bahrain Darts Masters. He then defeated Aspinall by the same 6-3 scoreline before taking the Middle East title in January.
Littler is still yet to claim the £10,000 weekly winner’s bonus and has subsequently suffered disappointment on the south coast.
He then suffered a 6–3 defeat to Michael Smith in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Littler hit a bowlseye this week when he became the face of a brand new breakfast cereal after being picked up by YouTubers Sidemen to promote BEST.
The breakfast – which launched in Tesco on Tuesday – is available in Choco Crunch and Caramel Gold flavours.
An ad for the cereal shows Littler tucking into a bowl while tossing three blind roses.
Then, after nailing the trio of 50 hands, the oche icon gave the camera a cheeky eyebrow raise that made fans “cringe.”
It came after Littler complained during a match at Butlins this weekend that he felt ill because he had missed breakfast.
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