| Manchester United | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Edwin Van der Sar | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | S3 | DR | Paul Konchesky |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| DR | Jonny Evans | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| MD | Paul Scholes | S2 | MD | Raul Meireles |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S3 | AM | Nani | | MD | Joe Cole |
| S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | MD | Christian Poulsen |
| S2 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S1 | AM | Maxi Rodriguez |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Fernando Torres |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Federico Macheda | S1 | FD | David N'Gog |
| S2 | MD | Anderson | S2 | AM | Milan Jovanovic |
| S3 | MD | Darron Gibson | S3 | DR | Daniel Agger |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Roy Hodgson |