Liquid defeat LV 2

The European-American squad will play one last series for a shot at making the playoffs.

Liquid closed out two exciting maps against LV

Lynn Vision and Liquid met a second time in ESL Pro League Season 18's Group D. This time it was in the last chance bracket, just days after meeting in the lower bracket. The redundant group stage match was much more exciting than the first time around when the European-American squad quickly dispatched their Chinese counterparts in a one-sided affair.

Liquid had to work for their victory this time around despite — or perhaps regardless of — the fact that the veto went the exact same way as the first time around. Lynn Vision did their homework after their first loss and made gains in the all-important Anubis T side, earning two more rounds than the 7 from their first series.

It looked like those nine rounds would be enough as Zhe "⁠Westmelon⁠" Niu and company even hit match point in the 28th round, but they failed to bag the map as Liquid drove it to overtime. The more experienced side ultimately got ahead when the pressure was on and put enough distance early in the early extra rounds to close it in the first OT, 19-17.

The series moved to Ancient, Liquid’s pick, which ended 16-6 in the two teams’ first bout against each other. This time, Lynn Vision put on a solid defense and hit double digits despite a demoralizing clutch by Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic in the seventh round.

After the half, it was all about Liquid on the defense, as Lynn Vision failed to put forth a strong T side showing and gave up their lead. The Chinese side only managed to sprinkle three rounds and fell three rounds short of victory, 13-16.

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 18
24/09/2023	Eternal Fire19:55 Liquid	Match

Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele’s men will now face Eternal Fire at 19:30 in the last match of Group D, just after the playoff seeding match between Complexity and G2, for a chance at making the playoffs.

ESL Pro League Season 18Best of 3 Lynn VisionMatchpage 0 2 24th September 2023 Liquid 17Anubis 19 13Ancient 16

Lynn Vision	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' TangEmiliaQAQ	54 - 54	0	92.7	1.20
Sike 'z4kr' Zhangz4kr	44 - 49	-5	81.3	1.02
Zhe 'Westmelon' NiuWestmelon	43 - 45	-2	70.0	1.00
Lizhi 'Starry' YeStarry	41 - 46	-5	69.4	0.89
Dongkai 'Jee' JiJee	28 - 37	-9	50.0	0.84

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	52 - 40	+12	83.9	1.19
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisYEKINDAR	47 - 43	+4	72.4	1.17
Robert 'Patsi' IsyanovPatsi	41 - 44	-3	80.0	1.10
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	44 - 38	+6	66.2	1.09
Aleks 'Rainwaker' PetrovRainwaker	44 - 45	-1	78.2	1.06

Eternal Fire #34 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAli 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın Sezgin 'Fabre' Kalaycı Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Liquid #17 Keith 'NAF' MarkovicJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisAleks 'Rainwaker' PetrovRobert 'Patsi' Isyanov Damian 'daps' Steele Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu Age: 22 Team: Lynn Vision Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 456 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1749 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Damian 'daps' Steele Age: 30 Team: LiquidC Complexity #25 Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' Wince Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen Lynn Vision #53 Zhe 'Westmelon' NiuSike 'z4kr' ZhangLizhi 'Starry' YeDongkai 'Jee' JiJunjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang G2 #3 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Jan 'Swani' Müller