| Liverpool | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | S1 | GK | Ben Foster |
| DR | Jon Flanagan | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| S1 | DR | Jack Robinson | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | DR | Martin Jiranek |
| S2 | MD | Raul Meireles | | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Jay Spearing | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S3 | AM | Maxi Rodriguez | | MD | Keith Fahey |
| FD | Luis Suarez | S2 | AM | Alexander Hleb |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jonjo Shelvey | S1 | GK | Colin Doyle |
| S2 | MD | Joe Cole | S2 | WR | David Bentley |
| S3 | FD | David N'Gog | S3 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kenny Dalglish | | | Alex McLeish |