Twitter goes barking mad over Lichaj

Players and supporters of Nottingham Forest have started a social media campaign to get defender Eric Lichaj a dog after he revealed he had come up one goal short of earning a pet in the FA Cup victory over Arsenal on Sunday.

The American scored twice as the Sky Bet Championship side won 4-2 at the City Ground to eliminate the holders, after his wife had promised him a dog if he scored a hat-trick this season.

He tweeted yesterday, asking “anyone who is bored” to send “dog pics, memes, gifs” to @Katperko – his wife’s Twitter handle – and plenty of users joined in using the hashtag #Getericadog.

Team-mates posted dogrelated videos. Kieran Dowell, scorer of a penalty for Forest’s fourth when Lichaj was keen to take it, posted a GIF of a beagle flying on a magic carpet. ● Forest have confirmed the appointment of Aitor Karanka as manager, following last month’s sacking of Mark Warburton.