| Portsmouth | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Asmir Begovic | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Steve Finnan | S2 | DR | Emiliano Insua |
| DR | Nadir Belhadj | S1 | DR | Andrea Dossena |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | | DR | Daniel Agger |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Jamie O'Hara | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | Michael Brown | | MD | Javier Mascherano |
| S1 | MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng | S3 | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| MD | Hassan Yebda | | FD | Fernando Torres |
| S2 | FD | Frederic Piquionne | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Hayden Mullins | S1 | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| | | S3 | MD | Jay Spearing |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Rafael Benitez |