| Blackburn Rovers | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | Markus Babbel | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Vratislav Gresko | S2 | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Lorenzo Amoruso | | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| S3 | MD | Garry Flitcroft | S3 | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S1 | MD | David Thompson | | MD | Igor Biscan |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | AM | Harry Kewell |
| AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Andy Cole | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Dino Baggio | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| S2 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S2 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S3 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Graeme Souness | | | Gerard Houllier |