| Manchester City | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Eike Immel | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| S1 | DR | Michael Frontzeck | DR | Denis Irwin | |
| DR | Ian Brightwell | DR | Gary Neville | ||
| DR | Keith Curle | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Kit Symons | S1 | DR | Steve Bruce | |
| MD | Georgi Kinkladze | MD | Roy Keane | ||
| MD | Michael Brown | MD | Nicky Butt | ||
| MD | Nicky Summerbee | MD | David Beckham | ||
| WR | Nigel Clough | WR | Ryan Giggs | ||
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Eric Cantona | ||
| S2 | FD | Mikhail Kavelashvili | S2 | FD | Andy Cole |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Martin Phillips | S1 | DR | David May |
| S2 | WR | Uwe Rosler | S2 | WR | Lee Sharpe |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Ball | Alex Ferguson | ||||