| Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | MD | Steven Reid |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S1 | MD | Johann Vogel |
| S3 | MD | Xabi Alonso | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | WR | David Bentley |
| S1 | WR | Ryan Babel | S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S2 | FD | Fernando Torres | | FD | Roque Santa Cruz |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S1 | MD | David Dunn |
| S2 | FD | Andriy Voronin | S2 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| S3 | DR | John Arne Riise | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Mark Hughes |