It never once crossed Mauricio Pochettino's mind to take the Tottenham captaincy away from Hugo Lloris.

The Frenchman wore the armband in Monday's emphatic 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. It was unknown whether Lloris would even start the match after he was caught drink driving by the police on Friday night.

However, Pochettino says he didn't consider stripping the captaincy away from the 31-year-old, a role he has held since 2015.

Speaking after the win over United, Pochettino said: "No, I never considered [stripping him of the captaincy]. What happened was such a bad experience for him.

"He feels so sorry. He apologised to everyone, but not only apologised to our fans, us, the club and he shows his regret and apologised to the whole country, because that responsibility is massive. I think it was a good lesson for everyone, a massive lesson

"He's punishing himself. He feels so sorry and so bad because he knows that he made a big mistake, but in the same way I think he's a man out of character. We are going to, of course, support him but knowing that we cannot justify of course. There's no sense to take some decision like you told me."