| Manchester City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Eike Immel | GK | Mark Crossley | ||
| DR | Ian Brightwell | DR | Stuart Pearce | ||
| DR | Rae Ingram | DR | Colin Cooper | ||
| S1 | DR | Alan Kernaghan | DR | Steve Chettle | |
| MD | Keith Curle | MD | David Phillips | ||
| MD | Kit Symons | MD | Scot Gemmill | ||
| MD | Steve Lomas | MD | Chris Bart-Williams | ||
| AM | Georgi Kinkladze | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| AM | Nicky Summerbee | AM | Ian Woan | ||
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Jason Lee | ||
| FD | Uwe Rosler | S1 | FD | Kevin Campbell | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Michael Brown | S1 | FD | Andrea Silenzi |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Ball | Frank Clark | ||||