| Manchester City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| DR | Micah Richards | DR | Steve Finnan | ||
| DR | Michael Ball | DR | Fabio Aurelio | ||
| DR | Vedran Corluka | DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | ||
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | MD | Steven Gerrard | ||
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | MD | Yossi Benayoun | |
| S2 | MD | Elano | MD | Javier Mascherano | |
| MD | Didi Hamann | S1 | WR | Harry Kewell | |
| WR | Martin Petrov | FD | Fernando Torres | ||
| S3 | FD | Darius Vassell | FD | Dirk Kuyt | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Gelson Fernandes | S1 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| S2 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | |||
| S3 | MD | Geovanni | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sven-Goran Eriksson | Rafael Benitez | ||||