KIM HUYBRECHTS and Jelle Klaasen were eliminated from the Betway Premier League on Thursday with defeats in Manchester, as Michael van Gerwen moved to the top of the league table before seeing his unbeaten run ended.
With the bottom two players in the Premier League table eliminated following next week's night in Cardiff - when the players have each met once - defeats for Huybrechts and Klaasen left them three points adrift of Dave Chisnall.
The pair will now exit the tournament as the remaining eight players begin their battle for the Play-Offs next month.
The Betway Premier League continues at a sold-out Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff next Thursday, where Klaasen bows out against Taylor and Huybrechts meets Wright.
Van Gerwen takes on Chisnall - who sat out the night in Manchester after doubling up in Exeter - while Van Barneveld plays Wade and Anderson faces Lewis.
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