| Manchester City | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | GK | Fabien Barthez | ||
| DR | Laurent Charvet | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Denis Irwin | ||
| S1 | DR | Gerard Wiekens | DR | Gary Neville | |
| DR | Steve Howey | DR | Wes Brown | ||
| DR | Spencer Prior | MD | Roy Keane | ||
| MD | Danny Tiatto | MD | David Beckham | ||
| MD | Jeff Whitley | MD | Nicky Butt | ||
| S2 | AM | Mark Kennedy | MD | Paul Scholes | |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | FD | Dwight Yorke | ||
| FD | Paul Dickov | S1 | FD | Teddy Sheringham | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Ian Bishop | S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S2 | FD | Shaun Goater | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Joe Royle | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||