G2 have beaten Liquid 16-8 on Inferno at the ELEAGUE Major's New Legends Stage.

The match on Inferno featured Liquid and G2 who both won their first games. Starting on the CT-side, the Frenchmen won the pistol round cleanly and subsequently made it 3-0 with the anti-eco victories.

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire got a double kill in a 2vs2 situation in the first weapon round to extend G2's lead to 4-0. Liquid got on the scoreboard on the ninth round and made it 8-2 with Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado's 1vs2 clutch. However, G2 didn't let Liquid go on a long streak and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub's team won the half 12-3.

G2 came out on top against Liquid

Liquid made an agressive push on Middle in the second half pistol round, getting two early kills and winning the round to trail 4-12. After losing another round, G2 bought early and won it to make it 13-5. Liquid responded quickly and reset G2 (13-6). Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella clutched a 1vs2 in the next round.

When the score was 13-8, Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon got two opening kills with a Deagle as G2 edged closer to the victory (14-8). The Frenchmen finished it off with a 16-8 scoreline, getting their second win Atlanta.

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1 G2Matchpage 16 8 20th January 2018 Liquid 16Inferno 8

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	22 - 12	+10	94.0	1.60
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	24 - 12	+12	92.9	1.50
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	21 - 15	+6	94.5	1.37
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	17 - 15	+2	66.5	1.07
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	14 - 13	+1	68.0	1.05

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	18 - 18	0	70.6	1.10
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	14 - 18	-4	58.5	0.90
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	15 - 21	-6	89.0	0.85
Wilton 'zews' Pradozews	12 - 20	-8	50.8	0.64
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	8 - 21	-13	52.0	0.59

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Quantum Bellator Fire	FaZe
G2
1-1
Gambit	Space Soldiers
Vega Squadron	Liquid
1-0
SK	MOUZ
0-1
Virtus.pro	fnatic
BIG	Natus Vincere
Astralis	North
0-2
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