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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HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #12 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 479 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 902 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 497 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.70 fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun