Eric Lichaj got his dog after all.
"My wife told me if I get a hat-trick anytime during the year that I get a dog, so I was trying to get the penalty but [David] Vaughan told me politely — I don't want to say what he said to me... to go away," Lichaj told BT Sport after scoring twice against Arsenal in a stunning 4-2 FA Cup victory.
Soon the hashtag #GetEricADog was trending on twitter, with fans pouring in the support for the Nottingham Forest hero to get his new friend.
Now, it seems, Lichaj has done just that, despite coming up a goal short in his chase for a hat trick against the Gunners.