On-loan [Albion](https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/?ref=au) midfielder Malick Yalcouye was “devastated” by his red card in Swansea's 1-0 defeat to QPR, according to his boss Alan Sheehan.
Yalcouye was dismissed in the 34th minute after squaring up with QPR and former Seagulls defender Steve Cook, who hit the deck after the home player leaned in with his forehead.
Swansea already trailed to Rumarn Burrell’s 18th-minute strike and were unable to find a way back into the game as their winless run in the Championship extended to three games.
Yalcouye's three-match ban will deny him the chance to test himself against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.
He will also miss Championship games against Norwich and Charlton.
Swansea boss Sheehan said: “He’s devastated in there.
“Obviously we suffered from that. It changes the game. It makes it an uphill battle.
“I think you see a young 19-year-old lad up against a very, very experienced player and I think that’s the way it happened.
“Obviously Steve Cook and Malik came together, he’s been enticed, and he went down like he got hit by an absolute truck.
“I haven’t seen the incident totally, but I don’t think he’s headbutted (him), but I think both players at different instances have stuck their heads together and probably whoever has that momentum.
“But the reaction of jumping back. That’s an experienced player or doing what has to be done, really, and we’ve suffered from that tonight.
“But look, Malik is a young player. We have him on loan from Brighton and he’s a talent and we’ve suffered from that tonight, but I’m not going to throw anybody under the bus or anything.
“This is just a learning curve and he’ll get better for it.”