| Liverpool | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| S1 | DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Djimi Traore | | DR | Gabriel Heinze |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Mauricio Pellegrino | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S3 | MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| AM | Luis Garcia | S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Milan Baros | S3 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S2 | FD | Fernando Morientes | S2 | FD | Louis Saha |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | S1 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S2 | MD | Antonio Nunez | S2 | MD | Quinton Fortune |
| S3 | MD | Igor Biscan | S3 | MD | David Bellion |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |