| Liverpool | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | | GK | Jurgen Macho |
| DR | Markus Babbel | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Djimi Traore | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Phil Babb |
| S1 | DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Joachim Bjorklund |
| S2 | MD | Vladimir Smicer | | DR | Jody Craddock |
| MD | Danny Murphy | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| MD | Salif Diao | S2 | FD | Tore Andre Flo |
| FD | Emile Heskey | S1 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| FD | Michael Owen | S3 | FD | Michael Proctor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John Arne Riise | S1 | MD | Paul Thirlwell |
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | S2 | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| | | S3 | FD | Marcus Stewart |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gerard Houllier | | | Howard Wilkinson |