| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Fabien Barthez | | GK | Sander Westerveld |
| DR | Gary Neville | | DR | Markus Babbel |
| S2 | DR | Denis Irwin | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| MD | Roy Keane | | MD | Igor Biscan |
| MD | David Beckham | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S1 | MD | Nicky Butt | | MD | Nick Barmby |
| MD | Paul Scholes | S2 | MD | Danny Murphy |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S1 | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Jonathan Greening | S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| S2 | WR | Luke Chadwick | S2 | MD | Gary McAllister |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gerard Houllier |