LEEDS United defender Liam Cooper has admitted an FA violent conduct charge after stamping on Reece Oxford's head, according to reports.

Cooper was charged with violent conduct following an off the ball incident during an ill-tempered 1-0 victory at Madejski Stadium.

The clash was missed by referee Keith Stroud but the FA were shown video footage of the incident and deemed the officials' punishment as "clearly insufficient".

Following the review by the game's main authority, Cooper was today charged with violent conduct and was given until 6pm tonight (Tuesday) to respond.

Reports surfaced tonight that Cooper has admitted the charge and the centre-back has been left out of Leeds' squad to face Brentford at Griffin Park.

An FA spokesman said: "The player was involved in an incident in or around the 74th minute which was not seen by the match officials at the time but caught on video.

Furthermore, The FA has submitted a claim that the standard punishment that would otherwise apply for the misconduct committed by the Leeds defender is ‘clearly insufficient’.

"Off the ball incidents which are not seen at the time by the match officials are referred to a panel of three former elite referees.

"Each referee panel member will review the video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it a sending-off offence. For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous."

Oxford went down clutching his head after the incident but did not require further treatment from the club's medical staff.

Speaking after the match, he added: “I didn’t see who it was to be fair but I’m going to go home and watch it to see what happened."

Reading Chronicle:

Liam Cooper has been charged with alleged violent conduct.

Leeds' boss Garry Monk defended his centre-back after the match, insisting he is not the kind of player to intentionally stamp on an opponent.

“I didn’t see it but I got told about it afterwards,” stated the Leeds boss.

“You know as well as me that Liam’s 100 per cent not that type of lad. He’s not in any way that type of player.

“With my opinion of Liam, it’ll definitely be an accident and one that he didn’t mean to do. He’s 100 per cent not like that.”

Just last month Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings was suspended for five game for stamping on the head of Manchester United's Ibrahimovic, who was also banned for three game for an earlier elbow on Mings.

If Cooper admits the charge or is convicted, he could also face a lengthy ban as the battle for a play-off spot heats up.

However, no action was taken by the FA over an alleged elbow by Reading defender Tyler Blackett on Leeds striker Chris Wood.

The FA is yet to confirm whether Cooper has admitted the charge.