| Manchester United | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| S1 | DR | Gary Neville | DR | Steve Finnan | |
| S2 | DR | Patrice Evra | DR | John Arne Riise | |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | DR | Sami Hyypia | ||
| MD | Michael Carrick | S2 | MD | Xabi Alonso | |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | MD | Steven Gerrard | ||
| MD | Paul Scholes | MD | Momo Sissoko | ||
| WR | Ryan Giggs | AM | Luis Garcia | ||
| FD | Louis Saha | S1 | AM | Mark Gonzalez | |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | FD | Dirk Kuyt | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| S2 | DR | Wes Brown | S2 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Rafael Benitez | ||||