| Liverpool | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Simon Mignolet |
| DR | Glen Johnson | S3 | DR | Danny Rose |
| DR | Andre Wisdom | | DR | Matt Kilgallon |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| S3 | DR | Martin Skrtel | S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S2 | MD | Jordan Henderson | | MD | Jack Colback |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | S1 | MD | Stephane Sessegnon |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S1 | WR | Raheem Sterling | | WR | James McClean |
| FD | Luis Suarez | | FD | Steven Fletcher |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Joe Allen | S1 | FD | Fraizer Campbell |
| S2 | FD | Suso | S2 | AM | James McFadden |
| S3 | DR | Jamie Carragher | S3 | MD | David Vaughan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Brendan Rodgers | | | Martin O'Neill |