Gary Anderson told he has to ‘deal with’ Gerwyn Price antics in fiery rematch

Gerwyn Price will be out to get under the skin of Gary Anderson, the man he once described an his 'arch-enemy', when the pair face off on the oche during tonight's quarter-final at the Grand Slam of Darts.

Bad blood between the two players was evident during their meeting 12 months ago when Price triumphed in an ill-tempered final.

There was plenty of verbal sparring during the clash but things got physical after one particularly exuberant celebration from the Welshman.

Anderson felt Price had invaded his personal space after he banged in a 174 and he pushed the Welshman away.

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The Scotsman went on to lose and former world champion semi-finalist Wayne Mardle believes he must keep his cool if he is to gain his revenge tonight.

"It did [kick off last year]," said Mardle.

"I think it's different this year. We know that Price got heavily fined by the Darts Regulation Authority, so he doesn't really do what he was doing last year to that extent.

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"He just plays a better game to a better level, and Gary Anderson has got to deal with that."

Price comes in to the meeting in fine form having demolished Darren Webster 10-1 on Thursday.

"After the incident when Gary put his hands on me, the crowd sort of got on my back as well. That made me play a little bit better," Price recounted.

"I was always behind most of the game. To get my head in front, I was pretty confident from there on.

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"As long as you stick with them, stick on their coattails, they'll start throwing some rubbish darts, which he did."

In the other game, Adrian Lewis faces Michael van Gerwen in his first major televised quarter-final for more than two years.

Peter Wright and Glen Durrant reached the semi-final with wins over Dave Chisnall and Michael Smith respectively.

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