Tim Sherwood makes joke about Hugo Lloris horror arm injury after Tottenham defeat at Brighton

TIM SHERWOOD wasted little time turning the knife on Hugo Lloris by making a joke about his horror arm injury while he was being treated in hospital.

Lloris suffered a dislocated elbow after falling heavily on his left arm just 129 seconds into Tottenham’s game against Brighton.

The 32-year-old was left screaming in agony and needed morphine to help cope with the pain following the shocking incident early in the 3-0 defeat at the Amex Stadium.

The harrowing scenes led to fears over the long-term health of the World Cup winner, with Manchester United keeper David De Gea quick to send his best wishes minutes after it happened.

But former Spurs boss Sherwood, who managed Lloris during his time in charge of the North London club, was less sympathetic.

The 50-year-old was working as a pundit at the game for the Premier League channel alongside Michael Owen – and minutes after full-time he was making a joke of the incident.

The pair were analysing the mistake from Lloris in the seconds leading up to the freak accident, which had gifted Brighton an early lead.

Sherwood said: “Listen, Hugo would hold his arms up if he could hold both up and say that, ‘that’s a mistake’.”

The attempted pun was met with a blank response by fellow pundit Owen and experienced presenter Manish Bhasin in the studio.

Lloris now faces having to spend the next two months on the sidelines while he recovers from the injury having been rushed to hospital on the South Coast by ambulance.

But X-rays revealed at least there was no break to the bone, which means he is expected to return quicker than had initially been feared.

Tottenham, meanwhile, now find themselves in crisis after a dismal fortnight which has seen them dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Colchester before being humiliated 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.