Liquid demolished Mousesports on Nuke (16-4), eliminating the European team and getting one win away from the playoffs.

The elimination match between Liquid and MOUZ ended up being on Nuke - a map the North American side had decent results on, while the Europeans had not played it in a competitive match for quite some time.

The start of the match reflected that, as Liquid got to a 5-0 lead with MOUZ barely making a dent on their defenses. Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač picked up four kills on A to get his team on the board, but Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche denied their plant on the lower site to reset the European team in the following round.

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin and co. continued to roll MOUZ, getting a 11-1 lead before losing an anti-eco, again on the A site. Liquid tried to change up their CT side, pushing agressively from secret and ramp, but MOUZ won some duels and held off the retake of the A site.

Liquid finally closed out a match in time

MOUZ ended the first half with three round wins in the row to make it four all together, however, Liquid took the pistol with a quick vent dive and followed that up with Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella clutching a 1v2 anti-eco on B.

Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong got an entry in their first gun round, but Liquid clutched it out on the lower site and closed out the map 16-4.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 MOUZMatchpage 4 16 25th January 2017 Liquid 4Nuke 16

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	14 - 18	-4	82.6	0.88
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	11 - 17	-6	51.8	0.72
Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranloWel	7 - 15	-8	44.8	0.61
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	6 - 17	-11	36.7	0.35
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	1 - 19	-18	26.9	0.13

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	22 - 9	+13	103.5	1.74
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	16 - 8	+8	103.3	1.50
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	19 - 7	+12	92.3	1.47
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	14 - 5	+9	65.3	1.41
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	15 - 10	+5	80.2	1.33

Current standings:

2W-1L	1W-2L	2W-2L
Gambit	OpTic	North
Astralis	GODSENT	Envy
SK		Liquid
FaZe
3W-0L	3W-1L
Virtus.pro	fnatic
Natus Vincere
1W-3L	0W-3L
G2	HellRaisers
MOUZ	FlipSid3

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