| Liverpool | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Jamie Ashdown |
| S1 | DR | Glen Johnson | S2 | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Emiliano Insua | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| MD | Alberto Aquilani | | DR | Ricardo Rocha |
| S2 | MD | Steven Gerrard | S3 | MD | Jamie O'Hara |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | S1 | MD | Papa Bouba Diop |
| AM | Maxi Rodriguez | | MD | Michael Brown |
| WR | Ryan Babel | | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| S3 | FD | Fernando Torres | | FD | Aruna Dindane |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Martin Kelly | S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S2 | WR | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie |
| S3 | FD | David N'Gog | S3 | FD | Danny Webber |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Avram Grant |