| Liverpool | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | David James |
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | | DR | Noe Pamarot |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | S1 | DR | Armand Traore |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Younes Kaboul |
| S3 | MD | Steven Gerrard | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Xabi Alonso | S2 | MD | Lassana Diarra |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | MD | Papa Bouba Diop |
| S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | | MD | Sean Davis |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | S3 | FD | John Utaka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S1 | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| S2 | WR | Albert Riera | S2 | MD | Richard Hughes |
| S3 | FD | Robbie Keane | S3 | FD | Jermain Defoe |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Tony Adams |