| Liverpool | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | | GK | Brad Jones |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Andrew Davies |
| S3 | DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Ugo Ehiogu |
| S1 | DR | Mauricio Pellegrino | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S2 | MD | Ray Parlour |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | | MD | Doriva |
| S2 | MD | Antonio Nunez | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| AM | Harry Kewell | S1 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| FD | Fernando Morientes | | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Luis Garcia | S1 | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | S2 | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| S3 | MD | Didi Hamann | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Steve McClaren |