Not quite the drama of the last leg as both players are down at 250 after nine darts apiece.

Cross is first down to a finish but he can only chip off 101 from 141.

Nathan Aspinall is on 85 and pins double tops for the break. A little fist pump to the crowd in celebration.

Dan Dawson
Commentator on Sky Sports

Rob Cross was two darts away from perfection. What a leg for Nathan Aspinall to win.

Hello! Rob Cross is on for a nine-darter. He starts with a 177 before landing 180.

The crowd are awake as he returns to the oche.

He finds treble 18 and the noise levels rise again. He steadies himself but clips the wire of the treble bed and it slides outside.

He leaves 71 but Nathan Aspinall puts pressure on by getting down to 45.

Cross misses double tops and the Asp returns to take the leg in two darts.

Sam Drury
BBC Sport at AO Arena

Darts is in rude health right now.

Another week in the Premier League, another massive arena which was quiet earlier and is now filled to the rafters to watch the arrows.

A 42 to start from Rob Cross and then 78 from Nathan Aspinall. Come on now, boys.

Cross then finds 58 before a 180. That's more like it.

Voltage gets down to 87 with Aspinall way back on 206. He misses a single dart at double eight but comes back to clean up with his first dart.

Sam's not wrong. It was a belting rendition of Mr Brightside.

Nathan Aspinall made sure it was too. He skipped up to the stage and made sure he was up there to soak in every moment.

If the result was decided on the reaction to the walk-on song then The Asp has two points in the bag.

They are now singing "na, na, na, Nathan Aspinall, Nathan Aspinall".

Rob Cross has the darts. Game on.

Sam Drury
BBC Sport at AO Arena

This is a home event for Nathan Aspinall.

No surprise then that the man from Stockport gets a brilliant reception.

He always does as crowds go wild for his walk-on song, Mr Brightside, but there was perhaps a little bit more to it tonight.

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Onto the second quarter-final of the night and it could be a big evening for Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross.

One will be really knocking on the play-off door, while the other will lose valuable ground with just six nights to go after tonight in Manchester.

Cross is yet to make a nightly final this year but he's been pretty consistent in his quarter-finals, while Aspinall has twice made the final but lost.

The pair have met twice in the Premier League this season with Aspinall winning both games. He's actually won his past seven matches against Cross, all in the Premier League over the past two years.

That win moves Michael van Gerwen up to 15 points, the same as third-placed Gerwyn Price currently.

Chris Dobey will stay on seven points. He's going to be at least eight away from the play-offs by the end of the night. His chances of being at the O2 on 29 May are fading.

That was a pretty impressive performance from Michael van Gerwen.

He started really well before a little dip before he clicked back through the gears.

The Dutchman edged the scoring 97.2 to 94.32 and threw seven 140+ scores and two 180s.

He was better on the doubles too, taking out 66.7% compared to 57.1% by Dobey.

Wayne Mardle
Former World Championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports

That was a good performance from Michael and he knows it. He's getting emotional - that is mentally a big win after missing last week.

Oh! Michael van Gerwen misses match dart on double 18, but Chris Dobey is way back on 214 so Mighty Mike will return.

He's not going to miss again. Double 18 pinned with his first dart.

There's a double fist pump in celebration and the Dutchman looks quite emotional to be honest.

Stuart Pyke
Commentator on Sky Sports

We've got a game. Brilliant from Dobey. That's three ton-plus finishes.

Hello! Chris Dobey, that is stunning.

He's constantly edging ahead in each leg at the moment and this time he's able to find the ton-plus checkout.

Treble 19, treble 19 and double six for a 12-darter.

That's one leg chalked off, two to go...

Almost a moment of brilliance from Chris Dobey. He finds double bullseye to leave double 16 for the break, but he fires wide of the wire.

He comes back to clean up with his first dart though.

That's a break back but he needs to win three more legs on the spin.

Stuart Pyke
Commentator on Sky Sports

Chris Dobey has lost six times in the quarter-finals in the Premier League this year, and it looks like being number seven.

Michael van Gerwen is clicking through the gears again.

He's comfortably at a double first and he finds double eight at the second attempt to break again and stretch his lead to three legs.

That's more like it as both players exchange 140s before Michael van Gerwen finds the first 180 of the evening.

Chris Dobey returns for 87 but misses a single dart at the double.

You can't afford to let MVG in, who takes advantage by pinning double tops for a hold.

Early on it felt like Michael van Gerwen was going to blow Chris Dobey away. It doesn't have that feeling anymore.

Dobey is again first down to a finish, but a 60 opens the door again. Van Gerwen can't take advantage and Dobey is allowed to come back.

However he misses double 19 and Van Gerwen comes back to clean up 70 for another break.

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Wayne Mardle
Former World Championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports

This now feels like a contest. Chris is feeling better. You can tell by his pace.