| Manchester City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Peter Schmeichel | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Niclas Jensen | | DR | Djimi Traore |
| S2 | DR | Steve Howey | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Kevin Horlock | | MD | Danny Murphy |
| MD | Eyal Berkovic | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | S2 | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S1 | FD | Milan Baros |
| S1 | FD | Darren Huckerby | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Shaun Goater | S1 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| S2 | WR | Chris Shuker | S2 | MD | Salif Diao |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Gerard Houllier |