Needlessly the Egyptian striker struck a backpass from the halfway line that proved difficult to clear for Robinson.
Keeper Lukasz Fabianski picked up what was deemed a Sol Campbell backpass and Falcao scored from a quick free-kick.
Adebayor flicked his effort narrowly wide when defender Ovidiu Burca under-hit his backpass.
The Newcastle defender's backpass was too short for Given enabling Radzinski to intercept and lay the ball back to Luis Boa Morte.
And just after the break, Zamora should have punished Chelsea when he intercepted Ricardo Carvalho's backpass but Petr Cech made a fine save.
Jonny Evans slid in to restore the lead and Northern Ireland went further ahead when Michal Zewlakow's backpass bobbled past keeper Artur Boruc.
But Gerrard's introduction breathed new life into the Reds and he beat keeper Morgan de Sanctis to an Andrea Dossena backpass to net an equaliser.
It was United, however, who had the first opportunity when Arsenal keeper Almunia inexplicably picked up a backpass from Mikael Silvestre inside the first two minutes.
But after Rosicky was denied a penalty, Falcao poked in a Ruben Micael free-kick after Fabianski had picked up a backpass from Campbell inside the box.
Hull's cause was not helped when Folan - being blocked from chasing a backpass by Skrtel - kicked out at the centre-back and was deservedly red-carded.
The visitors went close when Kevin Foley hit the bar and took the lead when a scuffed James Tomkins backpass fell to Kevin Doyle who fired home.
But the turning point of the match occurred seven minutes after the break when Fabianski picked up the ball from what Hansson judged to be a backpass from Campbell.
Once more Henry stepped up to the plate but this time he was gift-wrapped a present by Thompson's woeful backpass and made no mistake, rounding Pollitt and tapping in.
The visitors again squandered a chance three minutes before the break when Callum Booth was short with his backpass to Stack, who pulled down Elliott as he tried to clear.
However, when Dossena struck a backpass too tamely, Gerrard pounced and his bravery was rewarded as he beat Sanctis to the ball and got his team back on level terms.
He failed to get enough purchase on a headed backpass and Hayes pounced on the loose ball only to flick a shot just wide as keeper Gueret beared down on him.
The English team took the lead in the sixth minute when Spain striker Fernando Torres charged down an attempted clearance by goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov following a poor backpass by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
The attacks often fluctuated from end-to-end, and Victor Moses, who was a constant threat down the left for Wigan, pounced on a poor Matt Taylor backpass, rounded keeper Jaaskelainen, but fired his effort wide of the target.
He broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, pouncing on a poor backpass by Ignacio Camacho before cutting back inside the keeper and slotting home his 28th league goal in 19 matches and 37th overall this season.
Alexander, who replaced regular first-choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor as per the previous rounds of the competition, wanted too much time with a backpass and was almost caught by Jack Ross but the ball rebounded out for a goal-kick.
And the hosts were caught out again on the half-hour mark when Tomkins mis-hit a backpass to his keeper and Doyle pounced to burst through and neatly squeeze his shot off the post and in for his seventh goal of the season.
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