| Liverpool | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Glen Johnson | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Jose Enrique | S2 | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | DR | Robert Huth |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| DR | Sebastian Coates | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| S2 | MD | Jordan Henderson | | MD | Rory Delap |
| MD | Charlie Adam | S1 | MD | Wilson Palacios |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | S3 | AM | Matthew Etherington |
| S1 | AM | Stewart Downing | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Jon Walters |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Andy Carroll | S1 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| S2 | FD | Craig Bellamy | S2 | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| | | S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kenny Dalglish | | | Tony Pulis |