| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| S1 | MD | Anderson | S3 | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Javier Mascherano |
| S3 | MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S1 | WR | Albert Riera |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S2 | FD | Fernando Torres |
| FD | Carlos Tevez | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Paul Scholes | S1 | DR | Andrea Dossena |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| S3 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S3 | WR | Nabil El Zhar |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Rafael Benitez |