Nobody really knows how Plymouth Argyle managed to survive those nine minutes of injury time at the end of this cup tie, those minutes when hearts were pounding and nerves were shredding and the thing felt so elusive and so close all at once.
Just as nobody had really seen this coming: the team rooted to the foot of the Championship, hosting perhaps the best team in the world right now, and sending them spectacularly to the canvas.
There is a kind of alpha magnetism to the bearded Austrian, a coach who talks a lot about “courage” and “balls”, who looks like the sort of guy who will try and sell you a 12-part online course on how to unlock your inner wolf.
Stunned Liverpool sent crashing out of FA Cup in major upset at Plymouth And on this whistle, unleash chaos.
But as those nine minutes ticked away, one of the greatest shocks in the modern history of the FA Cup was finally within grasp.
