| Manchester City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| DR | Micah Richards | DR | Glen Johnson | ||
| DR | Vincent Kompany | DR | Daniel Agger | ||
| DR | Joleon Lescott | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| DR | Kolo Toure | DR | Martin Skrtel | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Steven Gerrard | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Lucas Leiva | ||
| MD | Nigel de Jong | S2 | AM | Milan Jovanovic | |
| S1 | MD | Yaya Toure | S1 | FD | Fernando Torres |
| AM | Adam Johnson | FD | Dirk Kuyt | ||
| S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez | FD | David N'Gog | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Pablo Zabaleta | S1 | WR | Ryan Babel |
| S2 | FD | Jo | S2 | FD | Dani Pacheco |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Roberto Mancini | Roy Hodgson | ||||