| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Fabien Barthez | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Phil Neville | | DR | Stephen Wright |
| DR | Gary Neville | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Laurent Blanc | | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| MD | Roy Keane | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| S1 | MD | David Beckham | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| MD | Juan Sebastian Veron | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | Paul Scholes | S2 | MD | Danny Murphy |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | S1 | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S1 | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| | | S2 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Phil Thompson |