| Manchester City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Eike Immel | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Ian Brightwell | DR | Rob Jones | ||
| DR | Keith Curle | DR | Mark Wright | ||
| DR | Kit Symons | DR | Phil Babb | ||
| DR | Steve Lomas | DR | Neil Ruddock | ||
| MD | Georgi Kinkladze | MD | Jason McAteer | ||
| MD | Michael Brown | S1 | MD | Jamie Redknapp | |
| MD | Nicky Summerbee | MD | Michael Thomas | ||
| S1 | MD | Nigel Clough | MD | Steve McManaman | |
| S2 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Ian Rush | |
| FD | Uwe Rosler | FD | Robbie Fowler | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Martin Phillips | S1 | WR | Mark Kennedy |
| S2 | Mikhail Kavelashvili | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Ball | Roy Evans | ||||