Luke Littler has accused Ricardo Pietreczko of trying to get in his head after beating the German 10-6 to reach the quarter-finals of the PDC Players Championship in Minehead. Luke Littler has hit back at darting rival Ricardo Pietreczko (Image: Getty Images)

Luke Littler was fired up by what he perceived as "mind-games" from Ricardo Pietreczko as the world No.1 battled through to the quarters-finals of the Players Championship.

The 18-year-old sensation found himself in a sticky situation after falling 3-1 behind to Germany's second-ranked player Pietreczko in the race to 10 legs. But 'The Nuke' flipped the script, in dramatic fashion, claiming nine of the following 12 legs with a ton-plus average to march into the last eight at Minehead .

While Littler's fightback had an air

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