| Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | WR | David Bentley |
| S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Peter Crouch | | FD | Shabani Nonda |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | S3 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Luis Garcia | S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| | | S2 | FD | Paul Gallagher |
| | | S3 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Mark Hughes |