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Rock 1-3 Van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen has two darts at double 16, but misses both!
Josh rock has 64 left and hits treble 16. He then misses double eight, but finds double four.
Night 12 of 2026 Premier League Darts in Liverpool
Jonny Clayton guaranteed to be top of table at end of night 12, having reached semi-finals
Quarter-finals: Van Veen 6-4 Price, Bunting 5-6 Clayton, Rock v Van Gerwen, Humphries v Littler
Semi-finals and final to follow - all matches best of 11 legs
Adam Millington
Rock 1-3 Van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen has two darts at double 16, but misses both!
Josh rock has 64 left and hits treble 16. He then misses double eight, but finds double four.
Rock 0-3 Van Gerwen
Josh Rock nearly sees off 75 himself, but misses the double with his first dart and then goes inside. Michael van Gerwen fires in 102 to leave 36.
Rock busts on his next visit after missing two darts at doubles!
Van Gerwen punishes him and takes out double 84.
Rock 0-2 Van Gerwen
Three darts at singles as Michael van Gerwen searches for a ton-plus out doesn't help. Josh Rock does the same.
Van Gerwen then finds treble 17 to leave double 12, and once again only needs a single dart at the double.
Rock 0-1 Van Gerwen
Wayne Mardle
Former World Matchplay finalist on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesAfter two weeks, Michael van Gerwen had eight points. He's doubled that tally in the next nine weeks.
That's how he's been performing and some of it has been really good, but mostly he's been inconsistent.
Rock 0-1 Van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen finds a 180 with his first three darts. He then gets another later in the leg.
Josh Rock gets down to 78, but Van Gerwen only has 45 left. He takes it out in two darts.
That is an 11-darter.
Rock 0-0 Van Gerwen
Josh Rock has not managed to get past Michael van Gerwen yet in the Premier League. Will he do so tonight?
Bunting 5-6 Clayton
Aled Williams
BBC Wales Sport at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
The crowd were willing Stephen Bunting on in that final deciding leg but Jonny Clayton kept his cool and books his place in the semi-final against Gian van Veen.
The Welshman's excellent Premier League campaign continues.
Bunting 5-6 Clayton
Charlotte Coates
BBC Sport at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
I just walked past a very jubilant Jonny Clayton backstage, who even let out a little fist pump.
Stephen Bunting was following behind and he was talking about what went wrong for him tonight.
It's a game of very fine margins.
Rock v Van Gerwen
Image source, Getty ImagesYou don't have to look a long way back in this season's Premier League to remember when Josh Rock was still without a point.
He has since won his past four quarter-finals and will look to continue his push to get off the bottom of the table as he takes on Michael van Gerwen this evening.
Van Gerwen, who has won the Premier League seven times, is currently on double Rock's points tally.
The Dutchman is currently inside the play-off spots, but sat just three points above fifth-placed Luke Humphries at the start of play tonight.
So, then, it will be Gian van Veen v Jonny Clayton in the first semi-final.
Up next, Josh Rock takes on Michael van Gerwen.
Bunting 5-6 Clayton
Stephen Bunting sets up an exciting finish by firing in a 102. Jonny Clayton has 161 remaining.
He hits the treble 20, then the treble 17, but his last dart goes into the outer bull.
Treble 20 and six sets up double 18 for Bunting, but he fires over.
Nine and double eight, the tried and tested method, wins the match for Clayton.
Bunting 5-5 Clayton
Treble 19, 18 and 16 from 107 leaves double eight for Stephen Bunting.
Jonny Clayton scores 85 to leave 115 and Bunting misses three darts at double eight!
Clayton can't find a treble with 115 left. He leaves 71.
Bunting then takes out double four to send us to a decider.
Image source, PA MediaBunting 4-5 Clayton
Will throwing first prove the difference for Jonny Clayton?
He goes one leg from victory, checking out on double six while Stephen Bunting still has 217 left.
Bunting 4-4 Clayton
Laura Turner
Ex-Women's World Championship quarter-finalist on Sky Sports
A massive moment because Clayton was waiting to pounce on tops.
Bunting 4-4 Clayton
An 180 with his second throw helps Stephen Bunting in this one.
He gets down to 121, while Jonny Clayton has 178 left.
He finds the bullseye as he looks to check out, but ends up leaving tops.
Bunting misses his first two at the double, but finds it with his third.
Bunting 3-4 Clayton
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is tight. Both players are good on their throws, struggling against the throw.
Jonny Clayton sees off 64 to win the seventh leg.
Bunting 3-3 Clayton
A 15-dart hold of throw from Stephen Bunting.
He is a long way from hitting tops with his first dart, but then pins double 10.
Bunting 2-3 Clayton
Laura Turner
Ex-Women's World Championship quarter-finalist on Sky Sports
If this pattern continues, Clayton will progress. Bunting needs to find a way to break Clayton.
Bunting 2-3 Clayton
Five perfect darts to start the leg for Jonny Clayton, but his sixth strays into the single.
He has 98 left with Stephen Bunting back on 243, so it doesn't matter that he only scores 58 to leave tops.
Bunting applies the pressure by finding a maximum, but Clayton takes out double 20 in two darts.
Bunting 2-2 Clayton
Image source, PA MediaJust like in the last game, both players have been inconsistent so far.
Stephen Bunting gets down to 110, Jonny Clayton is waiting on 160.
Bunting scores just 25, while Clayton scores 100 to leave 60.
It doesn't matter, though, as Bunting finishes off the remaining 85.