| Liverpool | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | | DR | Jonathan Grounds |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | David Wheater |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Julio Arca |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | S1 | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S1 | WR | Ryan Babel | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S3 | FD | Fernando Torres | S2 | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| S2 | FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S1 | FD | Mido |
| S2 | DR | John Arne Riise | S2 | FD | Afonso Alves |
| S3 | FD | Peter Crouch | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Gareth Southgate |