| Arsenal | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | John Lukic | GK | Nicky Weaver | ||
| S2 | DR | Oleg Luzhny | DR | Laurent Charvet | |
| DR | Ashley Cole | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | ||
| DR | Martin Keown | DR | Paul Ritchie | ||
| DR | Tony Adams | DR | Gerard Wiekens | ||
| DR | Gilles Grimandi | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| MD | Patrick Vieira | DR | Spencer Prior | ||
| S3 | MD | Ray Parlour | MD | Jeff Whitley | |
| S1 | MD | Robert Pires | MD | Danny Tiatto | |
| FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Paul Dickov | ||
| FD | Dennis Bergkamp | S1 | FD | Shaun Goater | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S1 | AM | Mark Kennedy |
| S2 | DR | Lee Dixon | |||
| S3 | FD | Sylvain Wiltord | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Joe Royle | ||||