| Liverpool | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Stuart Taylor |
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| S1 | DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Curtis Davies |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S3 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S2 | WR | Harry Kewell | | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Fernando Torres | S2 | FD | John Carew |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Martin Skrtel | S1 | FD | Marlon Harewood |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | S2 | DR | Zat Knight |
| S3 | FD | Peter Crouch | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Martin O'Neill |