| Birmingham City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Nico Vaesen | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Jeff Kenna | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | | DR | Djimi Traore |
| DR | Jamie Clapham | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Matthew Upson | S1 | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Danny Murphy |
| MD | Damien Johnson | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S1 | MD | Stephen Clemence | | MD | Salif Diao |
| AM | Stan Lazaridis | S2 | MD | Bruno Cheyrou |
| S3 | FD | Clinton Morrison | | FD | Milan Baros |
| S2 | FD | Christophe Dugarry | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Darren Carter | S1 | FD | Michael Owen |
| S2 | FD | Geoff Horsfield | S2 | FD | Neil Mellor |
| S3 | AM | Paul Devlin | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Steve Bruce | | | Gerard Houllier |