Top 5 absentees from UEFA Champions League gameweek 2

The second round fixtures of this season's Champions League promise to filled with a lot of action and drama with several high-profile clashes scheduled to be played out.While the teams are busy preparing for the fixtures, there a few key players for many teams who will not be participating in the Champions League this week. Across the slideshow, we list 5 such players who have been ruled out due to injuries.

#1 Aaron Ramsey

Welsh midfielder Ramsey picked up a hamstring injury during their North London derby against Tottenham over the weekend and medical scans reveal that he'll be out of action for at least a month, thereby ruling him out of the Champions League game against Galatasaray.

The 26-year was seen gesturing to the bench on the stroke of half time to be subbed when he pulled his hamstring.

Aaron Ramsey is a very crucial player for Arsenal, and was voted as Arsenal's Player of the Season last year. However, for the next 4 weeks, the Gunners must look to replace him for the time while the former Cardiff player continues to recuperate from his injury.