| Liverpool | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Sander Westerveld | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Markus Babbel | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| DR | Djimi Traore | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | ||
| DR | Stephane Henchoz | S2 | DR | Alpay Ozalan | |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | MD | Ian Taylor | ||
| MD | Didi Hamann | S1 | MD | George Boateng | |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer | FD | Dion Dublin | |
| S2 | FD | Emile Heskey | FD | Luc Nilis | |
| FD | Michael Owen | FD | Paul Merson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Nick Barmby | S1 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| S2 | FD | Erik Meijer | S2 | WR | David Ginola |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gerard Houllier | John Gregory | ||||