| Liverpool | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | GK | Joe Hart | ||
| DR | Fabio Aurelio | DR | Aleksandar Kolarov | ||
| DR | Jon Flanagan | DR | Vincent Kompany | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | DR | Joleon Lescott | ||
| DR | Martin Skrtel | DR | Dedryck Boyata | ||
| MD | Raul Meireles | S2 | MD | James Milner | |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Jay Spearing | MD | Yaya Toure | ||
| FD | Luis Suarez | AM | Adam Johnson | ||
| S1 | FD | Andy Carroll | FD | Edin Dzeko | |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | S1 | FD | Carlos Tevez | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | David N'Gog | S3S1 | FD | Mario Balotelli |
| S2 | WR | David Silva | |||
| S3 | MD | Nigel de Jong | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Roberto Mancini | ||||