| Liverpool | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David James | 1 | Jonathan Gould | ||
| 2 | Rob Jones | S1 | 2 | Brian Borrows | |
| 3 | David Burrows | 3 | Phil Babb | ||
| 4 | Steve Nicol | 4 | Peter Atherton | ||
| 5 | Mark Wright | 5 | Micky Gynn | ||
| 6 | Ronnie Whelan | 6 | David Rennie | ||
| S1 | 7 | Paul Stewart | S2 | 7 | Peter Ndlovu |
| 8 | Don Hutchison | 8 | Lee Hurst | ||
| 9 | Ian Rush | 9 | Micky Quinn | ||
| 10 | John Barnes | 10 | Roy Wegerle | ||
| 11 | Mark Walters | 11 | John Williams | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ronny Rosenthal | S1 | Andy Pearce | ||
| S2 | Leigh Jenkinson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Bobby Gould | ||||