Gary Cahill met a Mark Davies corner with a firm header and only a goal-line clearance from Fagan prevented Hull going further behind.
Incredibly, there was only a goal between the sides six minutes later as substitute Long stabbed home from close range after Akinfeev had parried McGeady's point-blank effort.
Boos rang out around Upton Park at the final whistle but for a side lacking in confidence, West Ham's players produced plenty of endeavour in an entertaining encounter which lacked only a goal.
Sunderland were restricted to mere half chances in the opening 45 minutes but they were a different outfit after the break, and with only a goal in it they knew they were in the game.
The visitors' best chance came within 60 seconds when only a desperate goal-line clearance kept Redditch's lead intact.
Pushing Lampard out the door, especially if he only needs a goal or two at the end of the season to break Tambling's record, would be positively Grinch-like.
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With the game stretched, Villa surged forward and Ashley Young's cross needed only a touch to produce a goal but Carew and Albrighton were both inches away.
West Ham made the most of their one-man advantage as they piled on the pressure, and only a superbly timed goal-line clearance by Danny Higginbotham prevented Luis Boa Morte putting the home side ahead with a mishit shot.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his players are capable of a much better performance at the Emirates Stadium and was relieved to emerge from the first leg with only a one-goal deficit to make up.
He should have had a second only to send a shot across goal and just wide.
Perhaps most famously, heavy snowfall in New England led to the controversial 1982 Snow Plow Game, in which Patriots kicker John Smith hit a game-winning field goal only after a snowplow had cleared a spot for him to kick from.
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"It is only half a job done, but it only takes a second to score a goal, anything can happen, " skipper Steve Morison told BBC Three Counties Radio.
At the other end Dyer proved a useful outlet for the Hammers, while striker Carlton Cole was only denied a shot on goal by a last-ditch tackle from the superb Nemanja Vidic.
Liverpool were denied what appeared to be a legitimate goal when a Kyrgiakos header was only parried against Cole by Kivrak and, despite Poulsen forcing the loose ball in, the goal was disallowed for a foul on the visiting keeper as Trabzonspor held on to keep themselves firmly in the tie.
Tevez plundered 30 goals in 71 starts for United (a goal every 2.3 games) but only four in 26 substitute appearances (a goal every 6.5 games).
Hodgson praised the 26-year-old's efforts in the defeat by Merseyside rivals Everton, although a glanced header that was tipped over and a late shot were the forward's only efforts on goal in a game in which he was starved of quality service.
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But they almost caused a huge upset in February when only a last-minute Stephen Ireland goal secured a 2-1 win for the Republic of Ireland.
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Gerrard came close to opening the scoring when he collected a Torres pass and curled a dipping first-time strike towards goal, only for a back-tracking Brad Friedel to tip it over the bar.
Essien powerfully headed home the only goal from a Salomon Kalou left-wing cross during the first half.
Germany controlled the first half but only had a Philipp Lahm goal to show for their efforts.
Ilan scored the only goal of a tense match at Upton Park as the Hammers won to confirm Pompey's fate.
Stefan Kiessling scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen over Hanover, while Wolfsburg were 3-1 winners over Werder Bremen.
He made an immediate splash, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 U.S. win, becoming the youngest player ever to score for the senior side.
Roman Hubnik scored the only goal with a close-range header in the 70th minute, but it was a game that rarely featured Scotland as an attacking force.
His wife Veronique is from Spain and Zidane has already courted domestic disharmony after scoring the only goal in a friendly with the Spanish in January 1998.
In the FA Cup match on 9 January, Ryan Giggs scored the game's only goal from a second-minute penalty awarded by Webb for Daniel Agger's challenge on Dimitar Berbatov.
Amid the Reds onslaught, Sunderland managed only a single attempt on goal in the first half, an innocent Jordan Henderson shot flying harmlessly wide, and it was five minutes into the first half before the visitors forced their first corner.
He scored his first goal for the club in the 1-0 win at Leyton Orient in the Carling Cup on 26 August, and followed that up with the only goal in a 1-0 success over Sunderland in the Premier League.
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