Milijas’ red card was his first since joining Wolves from Crvena Zvezda in 2009
Wolves midfielder Nenad Milijas has lost his appeal against the red card he received at Arsenal.
The midfielder was dismissed 15 minutes from time in the 1-1 draw for a challenge on Mikel Arteta which manager Mick McCarthy described as a “great tackle”.
The FA disciplinary committee met to discuss the appeal but upheld the red card shown by referee Stuart Attwell.
Nenad Milijas has won 25 international caps for Serbia, scoring four goals
He will now serve a three-game ban with immediate effect.
Speaking after the game McCarthy said: “His foot was on the floor when he made contact with the ball and I can’t work out which bit of that makes it a bad tackle.
“What concerns me is [that] we are being targeted as this dirty team but Milijas has not got a bad bone in his body.”
Milijas will miss the Premier League matches with Bolton and Chelsea and the FA Cup third round tie with Birmingham City at St Andrews.
He has made 13 appearances in all competitions so far this season, scoring twice in the Carling Cup.
The news is a further blow for McCarthy who is already without fellow midfielder Jamie O’Hara who was ruled out for a month after undergoing surgery on a double hernia.