| Liverpool | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bruce Grobbelaar | GK | Mark Bosnich | ||
| DR | Steve Harkness | S1 | DR | Bryan Small | |
| DR | Mark Wright | DR | Earl Barrett | ||
| DR | Dominic Matteo | DR | Neil Cox | ||
| DR | Neil Ruddock | DR | Paul McGrath | ||
| MD | Steve Nicol | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| S1 | MD | Jan Molby | MD | Garry Parker | |
| MD | Jamie Redknapp | MD | Ray Houghton | ||
| MD | John Barnes | MD | Andy Townsend | ||
| FD | Ian Rush | FD | Dalian Atkinson | ||
| FD | Robbie Fowler | FD | Dean Saunders | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Mark Walters | S1 | FD | Guy Whittingham |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Ron Atkinson | ||||