| Manchester United | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| DR | Patrice Evra | DR | Fabio Aurelio | ||
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | ||
| DR | Wes Brown | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | DR | Martin Skrtel | ||
| S1 | MD | Anderson | MD | Steven Gerrard | |
| MD | Michael Carrick | MD | Xabi Alonso | ||
| MD | Paul Scholes | MD | Javier Mascherano | ||
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S1 | WR | Ryan Babel | |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | FD | Fernando Torres |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | FD | Dirk Kuyt | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Nani | S1 | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez | S2 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Rafael Benitez | ||||