| Sunderland | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| S1 | DR | George McCartney | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Michael Turner | | DR | Daniel Agger |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Steed Malbranque | S1 | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| MD | Lorik Cana | | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| MD | Andy Reid | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole | S2 | MD | Jay Spearing |
| FD | Darren Bent | S3 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| S3 | FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jordan Henderson | S1 | FD | Andriy Voronin |
| S2 | MD | Bolo Zenden | S2 | MD | Javier Mascherano |
| S3 | FD | Fraizer Campbell | S3 | FD | David N'Gog |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Rafael Benitez |