| Newcastle United | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shaka Hislop | GK | David James | ||
| S1 | DR | Warren Barton | DR | Steve Harkness | |
| DR | John Beresford | DR | Bjorn Tore Kvarme | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Dominic Matteo | ||
| MD | Steve Watson | MD | Oyvind Leonhardsen | ||
| MD | Alessandro Pistone | MD | Jason McAteer | ||
| MD | David Batty | MD | Steve McManaman | ||
| MD | Rob Lee | MD | Jamie Redknapp | ||
| MD | John Barnes | MD | Paul Ince | ||
| FD | Keith Gillespie | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler | |
| FD | Faustino Asprilla | FD | Michael Owen | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Des Hamilton | S1 | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Roy Evans | ||||