| Liverpool | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | DR | Nicky Shorey | ||
| DR | Emiliano Insua | DR | Habib Beye | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Curtis Davies | ||
| DR | Martin Skrtel | DR | Carlos Cuellar | ||
| MD | Steven Gerrard | MD | Steve Sidwell | ||
| S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | MD | James Milner | |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | MD | Stilian Petrov | ||
| S1 | MD | Lucas Leiva | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | |
| FD | Fernando Torres | S1 | AM | Ashley Young | |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Andriy Voronin | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Rafael Benitez | Martin O'Neill | ||||