| Charlton Athletic | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Myhre | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Djimi Traore |
| DR | Radostin Kishishev | S2 | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Jonathan Spector | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Chris Perry | | MD | Xabi Alonso |
| MD | Bryan Hughes | | MD | Momo Sissoko |
| S2 | MD | Alexei Smertin | | AM | Harry Kewell |
| S1 | AM | Jerome Thomas | S3 | FD | Djibril Cisse |
| FD | Marcus Bent | S1 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| FD | Darren Bent | | FD | Fernando Morientes |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Darren Ambrose | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | DR | Talal El Karkouri | S2 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| | | S3 | DR | Jan Kromkamp |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Curbishley | | | Rafael Benitez |