Michael van Gerwen apologised for his performance despite winning his opening match at the Hungarian Darts Trophy.The defending champion beat Matthew Dennant 6-2 in the second round in Budapest on Saturday.Van Gerwen gave an honest assessment of his second round performance in BudapestGettyThe three-time world champion apologised to the fans despite reaching the last 16GettyHowever, Van Gerwen was only able to produce an average of 85.78 across the eight legs.It prompted an honest post-match interview from the Dutchman as he revealed his frustrations during the clash.Meanwhile, his tournament would end in the next round with a narrow defeat to compatriot Danny Noppert.Mighty Mike was beaten 6-5 as his opponent advanced to face Chris Dobey in the quarter-finals.The defeat came after Van Gerwen claimed the crowd ‘deserved more’ from his performance against Dennant the previous day.He told reporters: “When you’re playing c*** you have to face yourself.“When things aren’t good you always have to be honest, and I’m an honest guy.“Especially when you want to play well and then you don’t, it gets harder.“You’re frustrated for no reason because there was no reason to panic or to be miserable with myself, do you know what I mean?“But this wasn’t a good performance. Simple as that. I think this crowd deserved more.”Van Gerwen beat Dennant in his opening match but admitted he felt ‘frustrated’ after his victoryGettyHe also explained his apparent frustration with Dennant during the match after several missed darts from his opponent.Van Gerwen added: “I was practising with him and he was playing some absolutely incredible darts.“I think Matthew Dennant is a phenomenal player. But the practice board and the stage are two different stories, do you know what I mean?“I think he has too much respect for me – and fair enough, he should – but outside of that, he’s a lovely guy and he has a heart for darts. That’s what you want.“I didn’t show my performance today, but hopefully I can tomorrow. I feel good so I don’t see a reason why not.”The match was Van Gerwen’s first since winning the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam last weekend.GettyThe defending champion was knocked out in the last 16 by compatriot Noppert[/caption]He saw off Luke Littler in the final on home soil to clinch a sixth triumph in the event.When is Van Gerwen playing next?Meanwhile, the 36-year-old will return to action on Saturday at the Swiss Darts Trophy.The event in Basel is the penultimate tournament on this year’s PDC European Tour.It is followed by the German Darts Championship in October, before the European Championship later in the month.