| Liverpool | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Jerzy Dudek | | GK | David James |
| S2 | DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Danny Mills |
| S1 | DR | Josemi | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S1 | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| MD | Didi Hamann | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S3 | AM | Harry Kewell | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Milan Baros | | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| FD | Djibril Cisse | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Salif Diao | S1 | MD | Joey Barton |
| S2 | DR | Stephen Warnock | S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S3 | MD | Igor Biscan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Kevin Keegan |