Just 34 minutes were on the clock when Chelsea racked up their fourth - Lampard stretching to volley home Ashley Cole's cross - and Ballack, Joe Cole and Anelka again all failed to finish off flowing moves as Chelsea moved the ball about at will.

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Bayern needed only to run out the clock to clinch the championship, but with the game on the line, it inexplicably wilted, handing Chelsea a dramatic, implausible equalizer from an all-too-familiar source.

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