| Liverpool | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | GK | Shaka Hislop | ||
| DR | John Arne Riise | DR | John Curtis | ||
| DR | Sami Hyypia | DR | Linvoy Primus | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Dejan Stefanovic | ||
| MD | Danny Murphy | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | ||
| MD | Didi Hamann | MD | Amdy Faye | ||
| S1 | MD | Steven Gerrard | MD | Richard Hughes | |
| MD | Igor Biscan | S1 | MD | Alexei Smertin | |
| S2 | AM | Harry Kewell | S2 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov |
| FD | Emile Heskey | FD | Lomana LuaLua | ||
| FD | Michael Owen | FD | Ivica Mornar | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Bruno Cheyrou | S1 | AM | Steve Stone |
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | S2 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gerard Houllier | Harry Redknapp | ||||