Everton's appeal against a red card shown to Allan in their 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Thursday evening has been rejected.
An independent regulatory commission upheld the suspension after meeting on Friday, and later rejected a second appeal from the club as they attempted to reduce the ban from three matches down to one. The Blues midfielder was given his marching orders by Craig Pawson in the 83rd minute of the midweek clash after bringing down Magpies substitute Allan Saint-Maximin as he looked to hit the hosts on the counter attack.
The on-field official initially gave a yellow card for the incident. However, after being advised to look at his pitch-side monitor by VAR Stuart Attwell, he changed his decision to a red card.
