| Liverpool | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| S3 | DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | S1 | MD | Roy Keane |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Alan Smith |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| AM | Luis Garcia | S3 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S2 | FD | Peter Crouch | S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S1 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Momo Sissoko | S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | S2 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S3 | DR | Djimi Traore | S3 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |