| Manchester United | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Roy Carroll | GK | Jerzy Dudek | ||
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | DR | Steve Finnan | ||
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | DR | John Arne Riise | ||
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | DR | Josemi | ||
| DR | Wes Brown | DR | Sami Hyypia | ||
| DR | John O'Shea | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| MD | Roy Keane | S1 | MD | Steven Gerrard | |
| S1 | MD | Paul Scholes | MD | Xabi Alonso | |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | AM | Harry Kewell | ||
| WR | Ryan Giggs | AM | Luis Garcia | ||
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Alan Smith | S1 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Rafael Benitez | ||||