Champions League: Real Madrid without two key players

Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale will both miss Real Madrid's match at Liverpool

Real Madrid have confirmed they be without Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos for their Champions League trip to Liverpool on Wednesday.

Both players, who scored in last season’s 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final, have been left out of Carlo Ancelotti's squad due to injury.

Bale is also a major doubt for Saturday's first El Clasico of the season against Barcelona due to an abdominal muscle injury.

Ramos has missed the last three games for club and country due to a calf problem, but his absence is more precautionary ahead of the weekend’s clash at the Bernabeu.

French internationals Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane, who missed Saturday's 5-0 thrashing of Levante due to a fever, have been included in the squad that arrived in England on Tuesday morning.

Madrid are top Group B after winning their opening two games, and sit three points clear of Liverpool and Basel.

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