| Southampton | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | GK | Chris Kirkland | ||
| S3 | DR | Wayne Bridge | DR | John Arne Riise | |
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | DR | Djimi Traore | ||
| DR | Michael Svensson | DR | Stephane Henchoz | ||
| S1 | MD | Chris Marsden | DR | Sami Hyypia | |
| MD | Matt Oakley | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| MD | Rory Delap | MD | Danny Murphy | ||
| S2 | MD | Jo Tessem | MD | Steven Gerrard | |
| AM | Fabrice Fernandes | FD | Emile Heskey | ||
| AM | Paul Telfer | FD | El Hadji Diouf | ||
| FD | James Beattie | FD | Michael Owen | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Anders Svensson | |||
| S2 | FD | Brett Ormerod | |||
| S3 | FD | Agustin Delgado | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Strachan | Gerard Houllier | ||||