| Liverpool | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | GK | Tim Howard | ||
| DR | Steve Finnan | DR | Gary Neville | ||
| DR | Djimi Traore | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Sami Hyypia | DR | Rio Ferdinand | ||
| S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer | DR | Mikael Silvestre | |
| MD | Danny Murphy | DR | John O'Shea | ||
| MD | Steven Gerrard | MD | Roy Keane | ||
| MD | Igor Biscan | S1 | MD | Quinton Fortune | |
| AM | Harry Kewell | WR | Ryan Giggs | ||
| FD | Emile Heskey | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | ||
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | FD | Diego Forlan | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gerard Houllier | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||