| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Fabien Barthez | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Gary Neville | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| S1 | DR | Phil Neville | | DR | Djimi Traore |
| S2 | DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Wes Brown | S3 | MD | Danny Murphy |
| MD | Roy Keane | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S3 | MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S1 | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | S1 | MD | Igor Biscan |
| S2 | MD | David Beckham | S2 | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| S3 | MD | Nicky Butt | S3 | MD | Bruno Cheyrou |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gerard Houllier |