| Liverpool | West Ham United |
|---|
| GK | Sander Westerveld | | GK | Craig Forrest |
| S1 | DR | Markus Babbel | S1 | DR | Sebastien Schemmel |
| DR | Gregory Vignal | | DR | Nigel Winterburn |
| DR | Stephane Henchoz | | DR | Stuart Pearce |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Hannu Tihinen |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | DR | Christian Dailly |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| MD | Vladimir Smicer | S3 | MD | Joe Cole |
| S2 | MD | Igor Biscan | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| FD | Emile Heskey | S2 | FD | Frederic Kanoute |
| FD | Robbie Fowler | | FD | Titi Camara |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Stephen Wright | S1 | DR | Rigobert Song |
| S3S2 | MD | Nick Barmby | S2 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov |
| S3 | DR | Christian Ziege | S3 | DR | Ragnvald Soma |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gerard Houllier | | | Harry Redknapp |