| Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Grobbelaar | 1 | Hans Segers | ||
| 2 | Phil Neal | 2 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| 3 | Alan Kennedy | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Mark Lawrenson | 4 | Des Walker | ||
| 5 | Ronnie Whelan | 5 | Johnny Metgod | ||
| 6 | Alan Hansen | 6 | Ian Bowyer | ||
| 7 | Craig Johnston | 7 | Steve Wigley | ||
| 8 | Steve Nicol | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Ian Rush | S1 | 9 | Garry Birtles | |
| 10 | Jan Molby | 10 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 11 | Sammy Lee | 11 | Brian Rice | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Nigel Clough | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Brian Clough | ||||