| Liverpool | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Emiliano Insua | | DR | Gretar Steinsson |
| DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | | DR | Sam Ricketts |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Gary Cahill |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | DR | Zat Knight |
| S1 | MD | Alberto Aquilani | S3 | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S2 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | Mark Davies |
| S2 | WR | Albert Riera | S1 | MD | Tamir Cohen |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | AM | Chung-Yong Lee |
| S3 | FD | David N'Gog | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Lucas Leiva | S1 | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | AM | Maxi Rodriguez | S2 | WR | Vladimir Weiss |
| S3 | WR | Ryan Babel | S3 | FD | Johan Elmander |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Owen Coyle |