| Everton | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Steve Simonsen | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Steve Watson | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | Alessandro Pistone | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| S1 | DR | David Unsworth | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Gary Naysmith | S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| DR | Joseph Yobo | | MD | Igor Biscan |
| MD | Mark Pembridge | | AM | Harry Kewell |
| S2 | MD | Tobias Linderoth | S2 | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Tomasz Radzinski | S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | S1 | MD | Danny Murphy |
| S2 | FD | Duncan Ferguson | S2 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| | | S3 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Gerard Houllier |