Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor set the scene for their top-of-the-table showdown by picking up wins on night six of the Premier League. Van Gerwen ended the night in top spot after another dazzling win over Dave Chisnall, while Taylor sits just behind him in second place following a whitewash win over Robert Thornton.The Premier Leagues top two players are both performing superbly ahead of next Thursdays clash in Glasgow and other questions were answered on another eventful evening in Nottingham... Brilliant Van Gerwen stays top Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor set up a mouthwatering Premier League encounter next week Michael still mighty Van Gerwen produced another high-scoring display against Dave Chisnall Van Gerwen is showing no signs of slowing down and racked up an average of over 113 in his sizzling 7-2 win over Chisnall.At one stage, the Dutchman appeared to be chasing his own record average of 124, and greeted any stray dart with a grimace of displeasure, but he fist-pumped with delight following a sumptuous 134 checkout.Chizzy watched from behind the oche, like outgunned opponents in previous weeks, and MVG appears to be a league above many of his rivals at the moment. Studd: Boy who would be king Rod Studd recalls when he first took notice of MVG Taylor targeting MVG Phil Taylor warmed up with a win for his meeting with MVG The rejuvenated Taylor is the closest threat to Van Gerwen and the pair are separated by the slimmest of margins, with Mighty Mike only leading by leg difference.Taylor will lock horns with the world No 1 in seven days time and sent out a message to the Dutchman with his ruthless rout of Thornton.Speaking afterwards, The Power admitted that he must raise his game even higher and is clearly motivated by his latest meeting with MVG.Im really looking forward to next week against Michael and I cant wait - Ill be ready for him, said the multiple world champion. Lewis remains an enigma Adrian Lewis was firing on all cylinders again during win over Peter Wright Lewis had lumbered to a humbling 7-1 defeat to former mentor Taylor on night five, ending with a less than inspiring average of 93.But Jackpot produced all the right numbers in a superb 7-3 win over Peter Wright, which saw him take out a 136 checkout and end with a 58 per cent success rate on the doubles.Two-time world champion Lewis is just two points off top spot in the table and will be a serious contender if he can discover some consistency.Flying Scotsman gathers steam Gary Anderson gave a harsh lesson to Michael Smith Anderson was made to wait until night four for his first win of the season, partly due to an illness which made him miss the opening week, and the fit-again Borders thrower has now collected three victories in a row.The defending champion knew far too much for Michael Smith and completed a comfortable 7-3 win over his protege.He has not quite hit the heights of his successful title defence at the World Championship, but continues to show encouraging signs that he can compete for more silverware.Barney takes another beating Raymond van Barneveld has been slipping down the table Raymond van Barneveld has endured a worry slump since he started his campaign with victory over Taylor and literally threw away a point in his 7-5 loss against James Wade.A classy 161 finish had appeared to wake Barney from his slumber, and yet he still fumbled with his finishing at 6-5 down, allowing a grateful Wade to take two points. Sky Sports expert Wayne Mardle fears that Van Barneveld could be hauled into a survival battle on Judgement Night on March 31.Mardle said: If he loses next week and results go against him, then he most definitely is. It doesnt take a lot to get dragged in.Watch night seven of the Premier League, including Van Gerwen v Taylor, next Thursday at 7pm on Sky Sports 1. Also See: Brilliant Van Gerwen stays top Mardle: Barney at risk As it happened Studd: Boy who would be king Solomon Thomas Super Bowl Jersey . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. Kentavius Street Super Bowl Jersey . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.authenticsf49erspro.com/Jason-verrett-49ers-jersey/ . 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Thats certainly unacceptable.After the game Sunday night, coach Bruce Arians said his team was not prepared well enough.We were obviously not ready to play, Arians said during his postgame news conference. They outplayed us and we will learn from it and grow from it and continue.Theres a long way to go and regroup and see if we can win the next one.Keim criticized all three phases of the Cardinals performance at University of Phoenix Stadium, citing an overall lack of execution. He called Arizonas special teams very disappointing in every area, its third-down defense very frustrating, and said the passing game was out of sync in the first half, when quarterback Carson Palmer and his receivers were not on the same page.Kicker Chandler Catanzaro missed a potential game-winning kick with 41 seconds left after rookie long snapper Kameron Canaday snapped it low. Arizonas offense never began a drive past its own 25-yard line when receiving a kickoff from the Patriots.The Cardinals defense failed to stop New England on 10 of 16 third downs and had trouble defending Garoppolo?despite knowing what was coming. Keim said Arizona felt pretty strongly about the defensive plan Arizona had in place, but the Cardinals just didnt execute.Keim also blamed poor tackling for aallowing what shouldve been a short gain on third-and-manageable situations to turn into a first down.ddddddddddddWe knew it would be hard to get to Garoppolo because most of it would be a three-step drop and he would get the ball out of his hands, but the cushion that we played with, the isolations that they got with some of their inside slot receivers on safeties and the lack of leverage and the inability to tackle in space, those were all extremely disappointing and a major reason why we were 10-of-16, Keim said.Keim said he doesnt believe in good losses.Not when youre playing a backup quarterback and theyre missing some playmakers and its a game at home, he said. Our mindset is you cannot lose those games in front of our crowd.Keim said he will bring in players to try out for the Cardinals on Tuesday -- something he didnt do last week -- but wouldnt specify at which positions.While the Cardinals performance in their season-opening loss has caused some second-guessing among those who picked them to win Super Bowl LI, Keim said he hasnt levied that type of hype on his team. He said he has been focused on building a talented group. He noted that when the Cardinals roster doesnt play to its level, then were going to have disappointment, and thats certainly what happened last night.We got to regroup, Keim said. Its the-sky-is-falling Monday, and thats the feel that all of us should have and use that as a chip on our shoulder to make sure it doesnt happen again.Its that one thing that we have to do is continue to go out and execute and make sure that something like last night doesnt happen again. ' ' '