| Liverpool | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Edwin Van der Sar |
| DR | Glen Johnson | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| S1 | DR | Fabio Aurelio | S2 | DR | Rafael |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | DR | Chris Smalling |
| S2 | MD | Raul Meireles | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S3 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | S1 | AM | Nani |
| AM | Maxi Rodriguez | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S3 | FD | Luis Suarez | | FD | Dimitar Berbatov |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | S1 | FD | Javier Hernandez |
| S2 | FD | Andy Carroll | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S3 | MD | Joe Cole | S3 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kenny Dalglish | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |