Off day: Philipp Degen (left) protests his
innocence after being send off by referee Lee Mason during the
Reds' defeat at Fulham
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Liverpool appealed against both decisions and now await the FA's
deliberations over Carragher's foul on Bobby Zamora that saw him
red-carded.
On the Degen case, an FA statement said: "At a Regulatory
Commission hearing today, a claim for wrongful dismissal by
Liverpool defender Philipp Degen was rejected.
"Degen was sent off for serious foul play during Liverpool's
Premier League match with Fulham on Saturday 31 October. Degen's
three-match suspension begins with immediate effect."
Degen will now be unavailable for the Premier League games at
home to Birmingham and Manchester City, plus the Merseyside derby
clash at Everton on November 29.
With fellow full-back Glen Johnson's calf injury forcing him out
of Wednesday night's Champions League Group E clash in Lyon, Degen
- who is not registered for Europe - could have found himself
getting an extended run in boss Rafael Benitez's first-team.
Liverpool felt that Degen's foul on Clint Dempsey merited only a
yellow card, but the FA do not agree.
If Johnson does recover in time for Monday's game with
Birmingham, Degen will probably find himself completing the ban in
reserve football.