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Van Gerwen lost a thriller 6-5 to fellow Dutchman Maik Kuivenhoven while Welshman Price was beaten 6-4 by compatriot Rob Owen.

They'll be better when Cameron Carter-Vickers is restored and if Maik Nawrocki's impressive cameo off the bench - from his previous spot in nowheresville - is anything to go by, they have good cover at centre-half.

They did look vulnerable for a spell in the first half after centre-back Stephen Welsh went off for Maik Nawrocki but, after a shaky start, the Polish defender composed himself, before the nervy end from the whole team.

Luis Palma, suspended for this game, has made an impact but would Gustaf Lagerbielke, Maik Nawrocki, Kwon Hyeok-kyu, Marco Tilio or Odin Holm have strengthened the XI?

“There is a liqueur in southern Germany called gentian schnapps that contains an extract of that plant,” says Maik Behrens, a molecular biologist at the Technical University of Munich and co-author of the new study.