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.
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.