| Liverpool | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | GK | David de Gea | ||
| DR | Martin Kelly | DR | Patrice Evra | ||
| DR | Jose Enrique | DR | Chris Smalling | ||
| DR | Jamie Carragher | S3 | DR | Phil Jones | |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | DR | Rio Ferdinand | ||
| MD | Charlie Adam | DR | Jonny Evans | ||
| S1 | MD | Lucas Leiva | MD | Darren Fletcher | |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | |
| AM | Stewart Downing | S2 | AM | Ashley Young | |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | WR | Ryan Giggs | ||
| FD | Luis Suarez | FD | Danny Welbeck | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Jordan Henderson | S1 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S2 | AM | Nani | |||
| S3 | FD | Javier Hernandez | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kenny Dalglish | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||