| Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Paul Robinson |
| S1 | DR | Fabio Aurelio | S1 | DR | Martin Olsson |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Michel Salgado |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Chris Samba |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | DR | Gael Givet |
| S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S2 | MD | Steven N'Zonzi |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | Keith Andrews |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | S3 | AM | Junior Hoilett |
| AM | Maxi Rodriguez | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S3 | FD | Fernando Torres | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Nikola Kalinic |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Emiliano Insua | S1 | DR | Pascal Chimbonda |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | S2 | MD | Vince Grella |
| S3 | FD | David N'Gog | S3 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Sam Allardyce |