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Cloud9 have eliminated Liquid from the ECS Season 4 Finals after defeating their North American rivals on two maps.

The North American derby kicked off on Mirage, Cloud9's map pick, with Liquid quickly taking control of the A bombsite but failing to stop the retake from their opponents. After buying up in the third round, Liquid managed to win their first round of the game with an A execution.

Cloud9 remained in charge of proceedings, though, winning four of the next five rounds, but Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's men picked up the pace towards the end of the half and brought the deficit to a minimum.

Now playing as Terrorists, Cloud9 secured the pistol round with a 2v4 clutch from Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik and Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham. That was the start of a great run from the North American team, who increased their lead to 14-9. 

Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes and co. did not want to back down, and won two straight rounds with a very tight defense, forcing Cloud9 to call a tactical pause.  Liquid eventually equalised the score at 14-14, but Cloud9 would not let a comeback happen and bagged the final two rounds of the game.

Cloud9 will take on FaZe for a place in the playoffs

Liquid began their map pick, Inferno, on the right foot, securing the CT pistol and an anti-eco. And even though Cloud9's third-round buy paid off, nitr0 immediately broke their economy with a quad-kill in the following round, setting his team up for a 4-1 lead.

Cloud9 then responded with a four-round streak to secure a narrow lead, but Liquid picked themselves up and went on a great run, closing out the half with a 9-6 lead. 

Cloud9 got off to a flying start in the second half, picking up six rounds in a row fairly easily. Liquid were only able to break through on Cloud9's defence in the 23rd round, but Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta and co. just kept pressing on, locking down the map in convincing fashion.

ECS Season 4 FinalsBest of 3 Cloud9Matchpage 2 0 16th December 2017 Liquid 16Mirage 14 16Inferno 10

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	42 - 35	+7	75.3	1.13
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	42 - 37	+5	80.4	1.10
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	40 - 31	+9	66.2	1.08
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	29 - 35	-6	74.1	1.01
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	32 - 38	-6	67.7	0.95

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	43 - 34	+9	78.0	1.17
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	37 - 38	-1	81.6	1.12
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	37 - 37	0	68.5	0.94
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	34 - 41	-7	79.0	0.93
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	24 - 35	-11	45.4	0.78

Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 831 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.58 Lucas 'steel' Lopes Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 541 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 722 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 754 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Liquid #10 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Timothy 'autimatic' Ta Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 653 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Cloud9 #5 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip