| Liverpool | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | GK | Shay Given | ||
| S2 | DR | Andrea Dossena | DR | Micah Richards | |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | DR | Pablo Zabaleta | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Wayne Bridge | ||
| DR | Martin Skrtel | DR | Nedum Onuoha | ||
| MD | Yossi Benayoun | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| S3 | MD | Javier Mascherano | DR | Vincent Kompany | |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | MD | Stephen Ireland | ||
| S1 | WR | Albert Riera | MD | Nigel de Jong | |
| FD | Fernando Torres | S1 | FD | Robinho | |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | FD | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Nabil El Zhar | S1 | FD | Felipe Caicedo |
| S2 | DR | Fabio Aurelio | |||
| S3 | WR | Ryan Babel | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Rafael Benitez | Mark Hughes | ||||