World number one and tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen was on the end of a huge shock as he was dumped out of the World Matchplay in Blackpool on the opening night.Van Gerwen was beaten by the unheralded Jeffrey de Zwaan, a fellow Dutchman ranked 67 places below him in the world, 10-6 in what ranks as one of the tournament’s greatest ever shock defeats.He started the night as the 1-25 favourite to win, but seldom looked himself at the Winter Gardens, losing to De Zwaan for the second time this season following defeat at the UK Open.“I really don’t believe it, I played really well and the confidence was there,” De Zwaan told Sky Sports.“I said to myself, ‘keep going, keep pushing’. I just wanted to play my game and see what happens.”De Zwaan next meets Adrian Lewis, who came from behind to knock out James Wilson.As for Van Gerwen, it was another disappointing performance for him going up against his fellow countryman.After the defeat, he took to his official Twitter account to address his shock defeat, and the message was simple, he wasn't good enough on the night and deserved to lose.He tweeted: "I am completely gutted losing tonight and by my performance. I made too many mistakes and missed too many doubles in the early part of the match.

"I made it too difficult for myself and Jeffrey did what he had to do and took advantage.

"Credit is to him. He deserved it & I didn't."

This was then followed up by another tweet, which simply read: "I only can blame myself and learn from this and come back stronger but right now of course it hurts."

Unsurprisingly the shock defeat hurts Van Gerwen, but what may of hurt more was what the fans were chanting soon after his defeat.

Take a listen in the video below.

Football may have not come home this summer, but Van Gerwen is.

More proof that darts fans are some of the very best in the world. Although, Van Gerwen might not think so right now.