| Liverpool | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Grobbelaar | 1 | Chris Turner | ||
| 2 | Gary Gillespie | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Gary Ablett | S2 | 3 | Clayton Blackmore | |
| 4 | Steve Nicol | 4 | Steve Bruce | ||
| 5 | Nigel Spackman | 5 | Paul McGrath | ||
| 6 | Alan Hansen | S1 | 6 | Mike Duxbury | |
| 7 | Peter Beardsley | 7 | Bryan Robson | ||
| S1 | 8 | John Aldridge | 8 | Gordon Strachan | |
| 9 | Ray Houghton | 9 | Brian McClair | ||
| 10 | John Barnes | 10 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 11 | Steve McMahon | 11 | Colin Gibson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Craig Johnston | S1 | Jesper Olsen | ||
| S2 | Norman Whiteside | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Alex Ferguson | ||||