| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Gary Neville | S1 | DR | Steve Finnan |
| S2 | DR | Phil Neville | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Roy Keane | | MD | Danny Murphy |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | AM | Harry Kewell |
| FD | Louis Saha | S3 | FD | Michael Owen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer |
| S2 | MD | David Bellion | S2 | MD | Bruno Cheyrou |
| | | S3 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gerard Houllier |