| Liverpool | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| DR | Glen Johnson | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| S1 | DR | Fabio Aurelio | S3 | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Martin Kelly | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Robert Huth |
| DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | S2 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | S1 | MD | Salif Diao |
| S2 | MD | Raul Meireles | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | FD | Jon Walters |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | John Carew |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Luis Suarez | S1 | MD | Rory Delap |
| S2 | MD | Jonjo Shelvey | S2 | DR | Danny Collins |
| | | S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kenny Dalglish | | | Tony Pulis |