Ange Postecoglou's claim that his job is harder than the Prime Minister's may have been laced with exaggeration - but his own players did their best to support his case on another chaotic night out with Tottenham's great entertainers.
Spurs eventually overcame United with a 4-3 win to reach the last four, but that scoreline barely touches the sides of an extraordinary night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - or some might say just an ordinary one given their previous form for mayhem.
In the build-up to their Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United, Postecoglou said: "This job is the hardest in any walk of life.