Fnatic have been eliminated from ESL One: New York after losing 16-12 to Team Liquid in Round 5 of the tournament.

Liquid and Fnatic's second match of the tournament was close, despite Liquid ending the first half up 12-5. Fnatic rallied on T side, taking back 3 rounds before Liquid stabilized and the teams began to trade rounds back and forth. Liquid reached match point first, but Fnatic fought valiantly back to 12 rounds. In the end, Liquid ambushed Fnatic as they were approaching B-Site, and they just couldn't hold Liquid back.

The two teams previously clashed at ESL One: Cologne, where Liquid made history as the first North American team to make it to the Grand Final of a CS:GO major after defeating the Swedes 2-0.

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However, times have been tough for the house Hiko built after losing 2-0 to SK Gaming at Cologne. The team were knocked out of the preliminary rounds of ELEAGUE Season 2 after a 2-1 loss to Echo Fox in the Round of 8. The team are also struggling to distinguish themselves in ESL Pro League Season 4, where they are currently ranked eighth with 11 wins and nine losses.

Liquid got off to a rough start at the New York premier, losing 16-9 to Natus Vincere in and their former teammate, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, in Round 1.

Liquid were able to bring things back in Round 2 with a 16-7 win over G2, however, they lost 16-8 to Virtus.pro in Round 3.

Fnatic may have lost 16-6 to ELEAGUE Season 1 champions Virtus.pro in Round 1, but they came back with a 16-3 win over OpTic in Round 2 and a 16-9 victory over Astralis in Round 3.

Liquid and Fnatic faced off earlier in Round 4, where Fnatic almost eliminated Liquid from the tournament entirely. Despite Fnatic having won 14 rounds that match, Liquid came back and took the win 16-14, reserving themselves a grudge match in Round 5.

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