| Liverpool | Watford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Grobbelaar | 1 | Tony Coton | ||
| S1 | 2 | Gary Gillespie | 2 | Gary Chivers | |
| 3 | Mark Lawrenson | 3 | Kenny Jackett | ||
| 4 | Steve Nicol | S1 | 4 | Tim Sherwood | |
| 5 | Ronnie Whelan | 5 | Mark Morris | ||
| 6 | Alan Hansen | 6 | John McClelland | ||
| 7 | Peter Beardsley | 7 | Luther Blissett | ||
| S2 | 8 | John Aldridge | 8 | Malcolm Allen | |
| 9 | Ray Houghton | S2 | 9 | Trevor Senior | |
| 10 | John Barnes | 10 | Gary Porter | ||
| 11 | Steve McMahon | 11 | Glyn Hodges | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Nigel Spackman | S1 | Wilf Rostron | ||
| S2 | Paul Walsh | S2 | Worrell Sterling | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Dave Bassett | ||||