| Sunderland | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Jurgen Macho | | GK | Chris Kirkland |
| DR | Stephen Wright | | DR | Djimi Traore |
| S1 | DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| DR | George McCartney | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Phil Babb | S3 | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| DR | Joachim Bjorklund | | MD | Danny Murphy |
| MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| MD | Paul Thirlwell | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | S2 | MD | Igor Biscan |
| S2 | FD | Tore Andre Flo | | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Michael Proctor | S1 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| S2 | FD | Marcus Stewart | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| | | S3 | MD | Salif Diao |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Howard Wilkinson | | | Gerard Houllier |