Gary Megson's side had earlier seen a header from Helguson sail over and Guthrie shoot wide when unmarked inside the area.
Mario Balotelli then struck the crossbar with a free-kick before the points were sealed in the final minute when Samuel Eto'o was left unmarked in the area to slide home a Sulley Muntari cross.
He could do nothing about Chelsea's fifth, though, Ballack waltzing into the area completely unmarked to head home Joe Cole's pin-point cross.
The Cherries took the lead after eight minutes when Maher rose unmarked in the Boston area and headed home from six yards.
But Becchio's header found Gradel unmarked in the Burnley area and the winger produced an emphatic finish to pull one back for the visitors.
James Milner, on for Shearer, should have done better than to blaze over after a fine pass from Bellamy found him unmarked in the penalty area.
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Zamalek then hardly lost the ball for the rest of the first half, apart from a nervous few moments on 24 minutes when Mazembe striker Lofo found himself unmarked in the Zamalek penalty area, but saw his shot well saved by Abdelwahed.
Beagrie sent a curling cross into the penalty area, where an unmarked Windass headed home to level the scores.
With the Enyimba defence waiting in vain for the offside flag, Zitouni found himself unmarked in the six-yard area but headed over the bar from close range.
If Chelsea had thoughts of completing an unlikely fightback, they were snuffed out almost immediately as another Giggs cross found Park unmarked on the angle of the penalty area, the South Korean making the most of the time and space afforded to him to beat Petr Cech.
Everton wasted an opportunity to restore their lead five minutes after the break when Coleman surged into the area, only to ignore the unmarked Beckford and send a tame effort straight at Gomes.
Some of the suspicions were well founded: Charity Ngilu, one of the more popular of the 12 candidates who were challenging Mr Moi for the presidency, recovered thousands of unmarked ballot papers in the commission's offices in her eastern constituency although several polling stations in the area had complained bitterly of a shortage.
Full-back Lloyd Doyley caused problems with a surging run into the area before the Hornets player of the season Danny Graham spurned a golden opportunity, heading wide when unmarked at the near post.
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