| Everton | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Paul Gerrard | GK | Sander Westerveld | ||
| S1 | DR | Steve Watson | DR | Markus Babbel | |
| DR | David Unsworth | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| DR | Michael Ball | DR | Stephane Henchoz | ||
| DR | Abel Xavier | DR | Sami Hyypia | ||
| S2 | DR | Richard Gough | MD | Didi Hamann | |
| DR | David Weir | MD | Igor Biscan | ||
| MD | Alex Nyarko | MD | Vladimir Smicer | ||
| MD | Scot Gemmill | MD | Gary McAllister | ||
| FD | Kevin Campbell | FD | Emile Heskey | ||
| FD | Duncan Ferguson | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Alessandro Pistone | S1 | DR | Gregory Vignal |
| S2 | MD | Niclas Alexandersson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Walter Smith | Gerard Houllier | ||||