| Liverpool | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Shay Given |
| DR | Emiliano Insua | | DR | Wayne Bridge |
| S1 | DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Pablo Zabaleta |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Joleon Lescott |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | S1 | DR | Kolo Toure |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | S2 | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | MD | Nigel de Jong |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| FD | David N'Gog | | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| S3S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| S3 | DR | Fabio Aurelio | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Mark Hughes |