That leaves it just short of the FTSE's all-time highest finish - the level of 6, 930 reached in December 1999.
It looked as though the Blues might find an equaliser but the prospect of a fourth penalty shoot-out in as many years ended with Berbatov's crafty lobbed finish in injury-time.
He soon made his presence felt too, providing an emphatic first-time finish when Joleon Lescott flicked Lampard's free-kick into his path.
Jermain Defoe's 14th goal of the season, a superb first-time finish from eight yards, proved decisive.
It appeared the game was settled when John Carew doubled the lead with a spectacular first-time finish.
Germany's DAX 30 index climbed 0.7% to finish at an all-time high.
The Gunners looked shell-shocked but eventually regrouped and, out of nowhere, Arshavin exchanged passes with Chamakh before drilling a magnificent first-time finish past Carson.
With two minutes remaining Bent completed his hat-trick, producing a clinical first-time, side-foot finish from a Campbell right-wing cross to score his 18th of the season.
Potters goalkeeper Asmir Begovic comfortably saved from Gary Neville before Giggs slotted home with his first-time finish after a low cross from Berbatov was allowed to run across the Stoke area.
But the goal merely proved a wake-up call for Fulham, who reasserted control over proceedings and then stretched their lead as a 15-pass move ended with Gera applying a first-time finish to Kelly's cutback.
Schlupp's fine 88th-minute turn and finish and Dyer's low injury-time shot which went straight through Frank Fielding was perhaps harsh on a Derby side who controlled possession for large spells of the second period.
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With just under 10km to the finish line -- and a handy time advantage of 50 seconds -- the leading pack looked to be preparing for a sprint finish, but Uran made a break for it, and surprisingly Vinokourov was the only rider to respond.
Thomson finished matters with a low right-foot finish in stoppage time.
It also means Bayern will have led the Bundesliga from start to finish for the fifth time -- no other club has done it even once.
Lampard shot across Senecky to make it three with eight minutes remaining, and Rooney crowned an outstanding personal display with a flighted close-range finish in injury time.
Lampard brought up Chelsea's seventh with a controlled header from Anelka's bullet cross, while Bent rounded off the goal frenzy at the other end with close-range finish in stoppage time.
In 2009 Jock retained his title and Janice Quirk became the fastest women ever with a second-place finish in a time of 15:58:35, 18 minutes faster than Sandra Brown's 1998 record.
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Bob is considering taking a less-stressful, part-time job to finish his career.
And with 42 points still available, Evans is refusing to give up on a top-six finish and believes the time is not right for a change in management.
Britain's big rivals Australia also qualified in a thrilling race in the other semi, getting the nod in a photo-finish with Italy in a time half a second faster than the cruising Brits.
It was one-sided from start to finish, Newport piling up a 36-0 half-time lead.
Drogba's goal - a neat, near-post finish from Ashley Cole's cross five minutes before half-time - was his 13th in 13 games against the Gunners.
But he quickly reverted to league full-time with the Broncos and, after helping them finish runners-up to Bradford in the 1997 Super League campaign, he appeared in their first-ever Cup final at Wembley last May.
Part-time spinner Imran Farhat claimed two late wickets to finish with 2-30.
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The midfielder struck seven minutes before half-time with a composed finish past Kilmarnock goalkeeper Alan Combe.
Hornbeck, 21, works full-time and wants to finish his education.
In a landmark study, the Brookings Institution found that young adults who finish high school, get a full-time job and wait until age 21 to get married and have children have just a 2% chance of falling into poverty and a 74% chance of ending up in the middle class.
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