Squirrel 'assists' Norwich equaliser at Hull

Cyrille the Squirrel was not quite a 'fox in the box' for Norwich, but he showed a turn of pace down the wing as the Canaries created their equaliser at Hull

There are probably moments when football managers up and down the land would love to slip an extra player on to the pitch and hope the referee doesn't notice.

Well, Norwich benefitted from the decoy run of a furry friend to help them collect a point from Saturday's trip to Hull.

With the Canaries trailing early in the second half, new 'star' signing Cyrille the Squirrel - as dubbed by BBC Radio Norfolk - appeared on the field and showed a neat turn of pace down the right wing, just a few yards from Borja Sainz.

Sainz could have slipped in Cyrille, but instead laid the ball off to Kellen Fisher, whose cross was headed in by Josh Sargent.

"I don't think I've ever seen something like that," Canaries boss Johannes Hoff Thorup said after the game.

"I have squirrels in my garden over here. They're everywhere. Hopefully he's not one of mine because otherwise we'll have to find him and take him back home."

The station 'interviewed' Cyrille after the game - but talk of a new contract at Carrow Road is understood to be nuts.