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.
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 
G2
Matchpage 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 |
| 2-0 | |
 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 | |
| Cloud9 | |
Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Liquid #15 Wilton 'zews' PradoNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Gambit #12 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov 
Natus Vincere #11 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 
Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 730 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 
G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 25 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1217 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 
FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
Quantum Bellator Fire #28 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' Bragin
Aurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Wilton 'zews' Prado 
Age: 30 Team: LiquidC Liquid #15 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenLucas 'steel' Lopes 
Cloud9 #6 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip 
North #9 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
MOUZ #7 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Miikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' Styk
Robin 'ropz' Kool 
fnatic #8 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim 
Vega Squadron #20 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1116 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 
Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor 
Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub 
Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1174 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62