| Manchester United | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Peter Schmeichel | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Gary Neville | DR | Rob Jones | ||
| DR | Denis Irwin | DR | Steve Harkness | ||
| S3 | DR | Phil Neville | DR | Phil Babb | |
| S2 | DR | Ronny Johnsen | DR | Dominic Matteo | |
| MD | Gary Pallister | MD | Oyvind Leonhardsen | ||
| MD | David Beckham | MD | Steve McManaman | ||
| MD | Nicky Butt | MD | Jamie Redknapp | ||
| MD | Paul Scholes | S1 | MD | Danny Murphy | |
| S1 | MD | Ryan Giggs | MD | Paul Ince | |
| FD | Andy Cole | FD | Michael Owen | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Ben Thornley | S1 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S2 | David May | ||||
| S3 | Teddy Sheringham | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex Ferguson | Roy Evans | ||||