Alberto Aquilani fashioned Liverpool's best chances but found Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer in inspired form.
The Welshman struck the ball with venom which Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer only manged to palm away.
Kewell's Galatasaray team-mate Lucas Neill, Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, and Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer were also included in Verbeek's squad.
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Fulham went into the game with only first-choice Mark Schwarzer available after back-up David Stockdale and the club's young keepers were ruled out.
The Toffees only just shaded the first half and Mikel Arteta's deftly struck shot was well saved by Mark Schwarzer.
And substitute Grishin ended those hopes as he slotted a volley beyond Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer for a crucial away goal.
But in the second half, the Lions of Mesopotamia started to roar and Emad Mohammed hit the post with Mark Schwarzer beaten.
Bowyer latched on to James McFadden's lofted pass before cushioning the ball past Mark Schwarzer for his fourth goal of the season.
There was confusion when Hangeland was wrongly red-carded, before the referee sent off Stephen Kelly, and Mark Schwarzer saved Jeremy Menez's penalty.
Murphy saw a half-volley well-saved before Frei stepped inside Stephen Kelly but a poor touch enabled Mark Schwarzer to foil the Swiss striker.
Carroll came close to breaking the deadlock in the Magpies' goalless home draw with Fulham, testing keeper Mark Schwarzer with a low 20-yard effort.
David Stockdale started in goal for the home side for the first time since August with Australian Mark Schwarzer away on Asian Cup duty.
Charlton Athletic's Shaun Bartlett wasted a fine opportunity to level on 37 minutes when he overran the ball after rounding Aussie keeper Mark Schwarzer.
His powerful 25-yard free-kick looked set to beat keeper Mark Schwarzer only to fade the wrong side of the post in the final few yards.
And Fulham eventually buckled when John Arne Riise's shot took deflections off Gera and his brother Bjorn on the way past wrong-footed Cottagers keeper Mark Schwarzer.
Their best opportunity in the opening 45 minutes fell to Emmanuel Eboue, but his deflected shot from close range bounced off the arms off Mark Schwarzer.
But Hughes insisted Gallas' very presence in front of goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer should have been enough for the goal to have been chalked off for interference.
Mark Schwarzer was clearly Australia's best player as he palmed an early Krasic strike around the post and made a sensational one-handed save to thwart Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
Ilsinho slipped a lovely pass forward and Adriano's run was good enough to enable him to slip past Aaron Hughes, round Mark Schwarzer, and slot into the empty net.
Boro striker Yakubu saw his 25-yard dipping shot tipped over by Sorensen after six minutes while at the other end, Boro's Mark Schwarzer parried a fine effort from Maloney.
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City made a predictably nervous start but they sprung to life when Paul Dickov raced down the left channel, only to see his chip over keeper Mark Schwarzer go wide.
The pacy winger broke free down the right-hand side and sent in a low cross that keeper Mark Schwarzer spilled into the path of Cole, who tapped home for 1-0.
David Bentley then fired a low 20-yard volley inches wide, while Bent volleyed tamely at Mark Schwarzer having squeezed between the two central defenders to reach Tom Huddlestone's raking pass.
For all their possession, Chelsea barely forced a save from Mark Schwarzer in the first half - the Australian easily gathered two Drogba efforts, while Salomon Kalou dragged a shot well wide.
County's Ben Davies drew a good save from Mark Schwarzer with a long-range shot in the 16th minute but this proved to be the prelude to Fulham taking the lead soon after.
Harry Redknapp's team were able to double that lead in the 60th minute when David Bentley made the most of a rare start when his free-kick was deflected past Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
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Branislav Ivanovic was proving to be a menace wide on the right and after his cross was hooked over by Frank Lampard, the Serbian defender had a miscued shot punched over by keeper Mark Schwarzer.
Referee Mark Halsey then presented the home side with another chance to get the third when he adjudged that Robert Huth had felled McSheffrey, who duly sent Mark Schwarzer the wrong way from the spot.
Australia had only conceded once in the competition before the final and goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who became his country's most capped player with his 88th appearance, easily dealt with Keisuke Honda's effort in the first half.
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