| Liverpool | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | GK | Jamie Ashdown | ||
| DR | Steve Finnan | DR | Andy Griffin | ||
| DR | Djimi Traore | DR | Linvoy Primus | ||
| DR | Sami Hyypia | DR | Dejan Stefanovic | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | ||
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S2 | MD | Amdy Faye | |
| S2 | MD | Antonio Nunez | MD | Gary O'Neil | |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| MD | Didi Hamann | AM | Patrik Berger | ||
| AM | Harry Kewell | S1 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | |
| S1 | FD | Milan Baros | FD | Lomana LuaLua | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | S1 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| S2 | DR | Josemi | S2 | MD | Eyal Berkovic |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Rafael Benitez | Velimir Zajec | ||||