| Manchester City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| S3 | DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | Stephen Jordan | S2 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | S1 | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| MD | Joey Barton | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| S1 | MD | Kiki Musampa | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| WR | Lee Croft | | MD | Momo Sissoko |
| FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Djibril Cisse |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S3 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | AM | Harry Kewell |
| S2 | DR | Sun Jihai | S2 | AM | Luis Garcia |
| S3 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips | S3 | FD | Fernando Morientes |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Rafael Benitez |