‘He’s forgotten!’ – Luke Littler’s rival Pikachu left red-faced after awkward live TV blunder at World Grand Prix

DARTS star Ricardo Pietreczko forgot the rules at the World Grand Prix as he suffered a no score visit to the oche… but ended up WINNING the leg.

The German, nicknamed Pikachu, claimed a three-set victory over Dutch legend Raymond van Barneveld in Leicester on Monday night.

Ricardo Pietreczko forgot he had to start the leg on a double

He instantly realised what he had done as he scratched his head in embarrassment

The German laughed off the blunder before he went on to win the leg

But not before he endured an embarrassing moment which resulted in him laughing off a hilarious blunder.

The World Grand Prix is the only televised event in which players must start and finish each leg on a double.

Unfortunately, this slipped Pietreczko‘s mind as he began the second leg of the second set.

He threw a treble 20 before turning around and scratching his head having realised the mistake.

The darts commentator said: “He’s forgotten. There we go, it’s ages since that’s happened.

“Congratulations Ricardo Pietreczko, he’s forgotten it’s double start.”

Co-commentator John Part then added: “You haven’t really played up there until you do that”.

Pietreczko quickly recovered to win the leg with a checkout of 87, but did go on to lose the set 3-2 as Van Barneveld sent the match to a decider.

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Pietreczko won the third set 3-0 to set up a second round match against world champion Luke Humphries.

The German and teen sensation Luke Littler were embroiled in a bizarre spat following a game in March.

Littler beat the German 7-3 in their match at the Belgian Darts Open on his way to the title.

Following the contest, Pietreczko squared up to Littler on stage before unleashing a verbal volley in his direction.

Littler responded with a two-word retort but was later branded “arrogant” by Pietreczko.

The German wrote on his Instagram page: “So I appreciated a lot that you can play such a game at such an age. But I hope that arrogance punishes him.”

Littler responded: “That game, I don’t know what I did wrong.

“A lot of people were saying it was when I was on the 147 finish and I went for Treble 19.

“I then tried to go for tops and bull because I love tops. If I had hit the tops, I would have fancied myself for the bull. I missed it.

“He let that get to him throughout the game. I had the job to do.

“Ever since I’ve burst on to the scene, I know that every player wants to beat me.”