| Sunderland | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Costel Pantilimon | | GK | Simon Mignolet |
| DR | Patrick van Aanholt | | DR | Alberto Moreno |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Mamadou Sakho |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| DR | Santiago Vergini | S1 | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | Liam Bridcutt | | MD | Philippe Coutinho |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Jordan Henderson |
| MD | Jordi Gomez | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| S3 | AM | Adam Johnson | | MD | Emre Can |
| S2 | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini | | WR | Lazar Markovic |
| S1 | FD | Connor Wickham | S2 | FD | Fabio Borini |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Danny Graham | S1 | DR | Dejan Lovren |
| S2 | WR | Will Buckley | S2 | FD | Mario Balotelli |
| S3 | FD | Mikael Mandron | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gus Poyet | | | Brendan Rodgers |