| Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | GK | Alan Kelly | ||
| DR | John Arne Riise | S1 | DR | John Curtis | |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Lucas Neill | ||
| DR | Stephane Henchoz | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | ||
| DR | Sami Hyypia | DR | Craig Short | ||
| S1 | MD | Didi Hamann | S2 | DR | Henning Berg |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | ||
| MD | Danny Murphy | MD | David Dunn | ||
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | WR | Damien Duff | ||
| FD | Emile Heskey | FD | Andy Cole | ||
| S2 | FD | Michael Owen | FD | Matt Jansen | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Abel Xavier | S1 | WR | Keith Gillespie |
| S2 | MD | Vladimir Smicer | S2 | FD | Mark Hughes |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gerard Houllier | Graeme Souness | ||||