| Watford | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Coton | 1 | Bruce Grobbelaar | ||
| 2 | Nigel Gibbs | 2 | Gary Ablett | ||
| S2 | 3 | Wilf Rostron | 3 | Barry Venison | |
| 4 | Kenny Jackett | 4 | Steve Nicol | ||
| 5 | Mark Morris | 5 | Nigel Spackman | ||
| 6 | John McClelland | 6 | Alan Hansen | ||
| 7 | Worrell Sterling | 7 | Peter Beardsley | ||
| 8 | Malcolm Allen | 8 | John Aldridge | ||
| S1 | 9 | Trevor Senior | 9 | Ray Houghton | |
| 10 | Gary Porter | S1 | 10 | John Barnes | |
| 11 | Tim Sherwood | S2 | 11 | Steve McMahon | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Luther Blissett | S1 | Craig Johnston | ||
| S2 | Chris Pullan | S2 | Jan Molby | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Steve Harrison | Kenny Dalglish | ||||