| Birmingham City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ian Bennett | GK | Jerzy Dudek | ||
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | DR | Steve Finnan | ||
| DR | Olivier Tebily | DR | John Arne Riise | ||
| S2 | DR | Jamie Clapham | DR | Sami Hyypia | |
| DR | Matthew Upson | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| S1 | MD | Robbie Savage | MD | Danny Murphy | |
| MD | Damien Johnson | MD | Didi Hamann | ||
| S3 | MD | Stephen Clemence | MD | Steven Gerrard | |
| AM | Stan Lazaridis | AM | Harry Kewell | ||
| FD | Mikael Forssell | FD | Emile Heskey | ||
| FD | Clinton Morrison | FD | Michael Owen | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Aliou Cisse | |||
| S2 | MD | Bryan Hughes | |||
| S3 | FD | Stern John | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Steve Bruce | Gerard Houllier | ||||