| Aston Villa | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Kyle Walker | | DR | Jon Flanagan |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| S1 | MD | Fabian Delph | | MD | Raul Meireles |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S2 | MD | Joe Cole |
| S2 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| AM | Stewart Downing | S1 | MD | Jay Spearing |
| S3 | AM | Ashley Young | | FD | Luis Suarez |
| FD | Darren Bent | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Marc Albrighton | S1 | MD | Jonjo Shelvey |
| S2 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S2 | FD | David N'Gog |
| S3 | MD | Michael Bradley | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gerard Houllier | | | Kenny Dalglish |