| Liverpool | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Andrew Davies |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | George Boateng |
| S1 | MD | Momo Sissoko | S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S2 | MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| MD | Bolo Zenden | S1 | AM | James Morrison |
| AM | Jermaine Pennant | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Peter Crouch | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Dirk Kuyt | S1 | FD | Mark Viduka |
| S2 | AM | Mark Gonzalez | S2 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Gareth Southgate |