| Blackburn Rovers | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Chris Kirkland | ||
| DR | Lucas Neill | S2 | DR | Steve Finnan | |
| DR | Jay McEveley | DR | John Arne Riise | ||
| DR | Craig Short | DR | Josemi | ||
| DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | DR | Djimi Traore | ||
| MD | Steven Reid | DR | Sami Hyypia | ||
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| MD | Barry Ferguson | MD | Xabi Alonso | ||
| AM | Brett Emerton | S3 | MD | Didi Hamann | |
| FD | Paul Dickov | FD | Milan Baros | ||
| S1 | FD | Jay Bothroyd | S1 | FD | Djibril Cisse |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Jon Stead | S1 | AM | Luis Garcia |
| S2 | AM | Harry Kewell | |||
| S3 | MD | Salif Diao | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Mark Hughes | Rafael Benitez | ||||