| West Ham United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Robert Green | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | George McCartney | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Hayden Mullins | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | Mark Noble | S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer | | MD | Xabi Alonso |
| AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S1 | WR | Harry Kewell |
| S1 | WR | Luis Boa Morte | | FD | Fernando Torres |
| S3 | FD | Carlton Cole | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Matthew Etherington | S1 | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| S2 | FD | Dean Ashton | S2 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| S3 | DR | Jonathan Spector | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alan Curbishley | | | Rafael Benitez |