| Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| S1 | DR | Josemi | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Djimi Traore | | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| S3 | DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Momo Sissoko | S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| MD | Bolo Zenden | | WR | David Bentley |
| FD | Djibril Cisse | | FD | Shefki Kuqi |
| S2 | FD | Peter Crouch | S1 | FD | Paul Dickov |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Luis Garcia | S1 | DR | Andy Todd |
| S2 | FD | Fernando Morientes | S2 | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| S3 | DR | John Arne Riise | S3 | AM | Brett Emerton |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Mark Hughes |