| Portsmouth | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | S2 | DR | Andrea Dossena | |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | DR | Fabio Aurelio | ||
| DR | Nadir Belhadj | DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Daniel Agger | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| S1 | MD | Hayden Mullins | DR | Martin Skrtel | |
| MD | Sean Davis | MD | Yossi Benayoun | ||
| MD | Angelos Basinas | MD | Javier Mascherano | ||
| FD | Peter Crouch | S3 | WR | Ryan Babel | |
| FD | David Nugent | S1 | FD | David N'Gog | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Niko Kranjcar | S1 | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| S2 | MD | Xabi Alonso | |||
| S3 | FD | Fernando Torres | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Adams | Rafael Benitez | ||||