Luke Littler ‘spurred on’ by Man Utd defeat as he claims UK Open title

“But second break I heard about the Manchester United loss, so it spurred me on a bit, won the next five, and then I only needed one leg and I got the job done."

Luke Littler claimed his first UK Open title after beating Jonny Clayton in the semi-finals (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Luke Littler said he was “spurred on” by Manchester United being knocked out of the FA Cup as he beat Jonny Clayton en route to claiming his maiden UK Open title on Sunday.

The 18-year-old world champion and United fan triumphed over James Wade in the final in Minehead having got past Clayton 11-6 in the last four.