The only way anyone can beat Luke Littler is if they can get the crowd to turn on him, darts presenter Phill Barrs has claimed.The world No.1 had not won a nightly final in the Premier League for four weeks, until two nights ago.Littler will take on Kevin Doets in the UK Open on SaturdayGettyHe ended his wait by defeating Josh Rock, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton en route to the night five title in Cardiff.Before his victory, Littler had only accumulated just four points from two-semi final appearances, with only Josh Rock below him.He now currently sits in third position, equal on points with Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen.During the fifth night, the 19-year-old flourished on the stage and made two 170 checkouts and unluckily missed double 15 for a nine-darter in the final.Ahead of the UK Open, darts content creator Barrs spoke on talkSPORT Darts about why he thought Littler was struggling to pick up points.He said: “Will he pick up points…yes, he knows he can’t win the Premier League [title] this early anyways.“There is a slight chink in the armour in my opinion and I’m not saying that there should be, but there is when he’s finding it difficult to deal with hostile crowds.“We forget how young he is and he’s not used to this so he is learning on the job.“People say the crowd shouldn’t do that and I agree that they shouldn’t be whistling and so on.“But in my opinion we’re never gonna change that so the players have to learn how to deal with it.Littler is known for winding up the crowd if they are against him“They were on his back in Belfast and you could see he had the raging hump with it.“It’s happened in Germany on the European tour and the World Cup, these are things that he has to adapt to.“There’s currently a one per cent chance that if you can turn the crowd against him, perhaps you could get at him.”Despite his win in the Welsh capital, his season has not been a replica of his dominant Premier League campaign of 2025.Last year, he become the first person to win six Premier League nights in the same season, with his first win coming at night two in Glasgow.However, in Littler’s debut-winning year, the Cheshire-born darts star did not win until his ninth night in Belfast.In Cardiff,it was Littler’s eleventh win in his Premier League Darts careerGettytalkSPORT’s Harry Durham asked what would it mean to the sport if Littler didn’t take part in the Premier League.He said: “If Luke Littler turns around and says I’ve done the Euro Tours and the Pro Tours, I’m not enjoying it… what if next year he decides he’s not fancying the Premier League.“I understand the league has always been a very effective product but how the darts world has chaged around Littler, it looses a lot of attraction.“I’m sure there would be people who still watch it but the ability that he has to draw in crowds and viewers is scary and I don’t think it’s out the realms of possibility.”Barrs replied: “I don’t think he’d ever walk away from the Premier League because it’s in front of those massive crowds in those arenas where he buzzes and feeds off the atmosphere.“He hates the Pro Tours, they get sterile and boring but up on that [the Premier League] stage he can be Luke Littler the showman.”The Littler EffectLittler’s astonishing influence on darts allowed him to double his prize money from the previous year in the PDC World Darts Championship to £1million.In the teenager’s debut season at 17, the Premier League darts ticket sales surged more than doble which made opening night tickets surge by 20 per cent.Additionally, they seen a 204% increase of interest for tickets, compared to the 2023 season for the competitions final at the O2 arena.Littler has been able to bring together families with the sport as his 2024 final at Alexandra Palace brought in a peak TV audience of 3.7 million viewers – Sky’s biggest figure for a non-football sporting event.Specifically in the Premier League, his presence helped boost average viewership by 4.1% compared to previous seasons.