Phil turns on the power for sweet 16

A night of high drama at London’s Alexandra Palace, but then we’ve come to expect that from the climax of the PDC World Darts Championship.

In his 19th final, Phil Taylor won his 16th title after a bruising battle with Michael van Gerwan. Two sets to nil and four sets to two ahead in the early running, the Dutchman couldn’t get free from the jaws of the old dog for the hardest of roads and Taylor fought back to win 7-4.

As Sid Waddell once said, “If we’d had Phil Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they’d have gone home”.