| Stoke City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Andy Wilkinson | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| MD | Glenn Whelan | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | Amdy Faye | S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Javier Mascherano |
| S1 | WR | Matthew Etherington | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| FD | Richard Cresswell | S1 | WR | Albert Riera |
| S2 | FD | Dave Kitson | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence | S1 | FD | Fernando Torres |
| S2 | DR | Danny Pugh | S2 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Tony Pulis | | | Rafael Benitez |