MICHAEL van Gerwen won his fifth PDC European Tour title of 2015 with a 6-4 victory over Dave Chisnall in the final of Sunday's European Darts Matchplay in Innsbruck.

The world number one has already claimed two wins in Germany and one apiece in Gibraltar and the Netherlands this year, and claimed the £25,000 first prize in Austria with a fine weekend.

Having lost out to Michael Smith in the European Darts Trophy a week ago, van Gerwen made amends by defeating another of the world's top ten as Chisnall produced an outstanding display to reach the final.

Ultimately, though, a key break of throw in the ninth leg of the decider proved the turning point as van Gerwen moved 5-4 up with a clinical 11-darter before securing his win.

The game's first two legs had also gone against the throw, with van Gerwen's double 16 cancelled out by a 13-darter from Chisnall, who took out 48 to edhe ahead.

The pair then traded 14-dart finishes before van Gerwen was handed a reprieve for five missed darts in leg six as Chisnall wasted four darts to open up a two-leg cushion, allowing the Dutchman back to level on double five.

Chisnall then hit back-to-back 180s to kick off leg seven and although he couldn't complete the perfect nine-darter, he regained the lead at 4-3.

But van Gerwen was not in the mood to repeat his defeat to Smith and he sealed the ninth leg in just four visits to move to within a leg of victory, which he completed with a 70 finish and trademark fist-pump.

"I didn't like losing in the final last week so I am delighted to win here," van Gerwen said.

"The final is always different and I'm really glad I did because Dave is such a good player."

"I'm pleased with how I played all weekend overall though and to get a win and another trophy on the European Tour is great."

Van Gerwen had opened his challenge with a 6-3 win over Ronny Huybrechts on Saturday, before sweeping past Raymond van Barneveld with a 6-1 third round win, turning on the style with a 114 average to defeat Rowby-John Rodriguez in the quarter-finals and dropping only one leg in his semi-final defeat of Robert Thornton.

Chisnall saw off William O'Connor and Terry Jenkins - in a dramatic deciding leg - to reach the last eight, and was in superb form to see off Peter Wright and David Pallett with 6-3 wins on the final night.

He said: "I'm happy to get to the final in front of such a great crowd, but Michael just had a little bit more on the day and I threw a few tired darts."

Shropshire youngster Pallett enjoyed his best-ever run on the European Tour as he won through to the semi-finals, showing superb scoring ability in his wins over Jamie Caven, Jelle Klaasen, Alan Norris and Kim Huybrechts over the weekend.

Scottish ace Thornton also won through to the last four as he sought his second European Tour win of the year, but van Gerwen proved too strong with a 109 average and checkouts of 160, 104 and 100.

The year's final PDC European Tour event will be the European Darts Grand Prix, to be held at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, from October 16-18. For tickets, visit www.pdc-europe.tv.

European Darts Matchplay.

Quarter-Finals:

Peter Wright 3-6 Dave Chisnall.

Kim Huybrechts 5-6 David Pallett.

Vincent van der Voort 3-6 Robert Thornton.

Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-6 Michael van Gerwen.

Semi-Finals: Dave Chisnall (6) 6-3 David Pallett.

Robert Thornton (12) 1-6 Michael van Gerwen (1).

Final: Dave Chisnall (6) 4-6 Michael van Gerwen (1).