MARSEILLE: Roberto De Zerbi`s Olympique de Marseille were dumped out of the French Cup on Tuesday, losing to Lille on penalties in a dramatic tie in the last 32 at the Velodrome after Luis Henrique`s stunning strike had rescued them in normal time.

The Brazilian winger had made it 1-1 with a ferocious hit from the edge of the box from the last kick of the game, but he was then one of two Marseille players who had their penalty saved in the shootout.

Lille had goalkeeper Vito Mannone to thank as, having produced a couple of big stops during the game itself, he also saved the decisive kick from Jonathan Rowe to allow the away side to win 4-3 on penalties.

The northern side, who go to Liverpool in the Champions League next week, have now set a new club record in going 20 games without defeat in all competitions as they advance tothelast16.

Marseille, in contrast, have only Ligue 1 to focus on between now and the end of the season after being eliminated from the French Cup on penalties for the third year running.

Icelandic international Hakon Haraldsson turned in a Jonathan David assist to put Lille ahead on 69 minutes, and it looked as if that would be enough to win the tie as Mason Greenwood struck the post inside stoppage time.

But then Henrique struck in the 96th minute, only to then fail to score from the spot.

Lille converted all four of their penalties, and Rowe was then left in tears as he was also denied byMannoneandMarseille went out.

Elsewhere, AS Monaco also went out on penalties on Tuesday, losing 3-1 in the shootout at Ligue 1 rivals Reims after a 1-1 draw.

Nice were the other topflight side to advance on Tuesday as they won 1-0 away to second-tier Bastia in Corsica.-AFP