| Coventry City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jonathan Gould | GK | Bruce Grobbelaar | ||
| DR | Steve Morgan | DR | Rob Jones | ||
| DR | Peter Atherton | S1 | DR | David Burrows | |
| DR | Phil Babb | DR | Mark Wright | ||
| DR | David Rennie | DR | Neil Ruddock | ||
| MD | Lloyd McGrath | MD | Steve Nicol | ||
| MD | Willie Boland | MD | Ronnie Whelan | ||
| S1 | MD | John Williams | MD | Jan Molby | |
| MD | Peter Ndlovu | MD | Steve McManaman | ||
| S2 | FD | Micky Quinn | FD | Nigel Clough | |
| FD | Roy Wegerle | FD | Ian Rush | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Paul Williams | S1 | WR | Mark Walters |
| S2 | Tony Sheridan | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Gould | Graeme Souness | ||||