| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Lauren | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Stig Inge Bjornebye |
| DR | Martin Keown | | DR | Craig Short |
| DR | Gilles Grimandi | | DR | Henning Berg |
| MD | Patrick Vieira | | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S1 | MD | Ray Parlour | | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| MD | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | S1 | MD | Damien Johnson |
| S2 | MD | Robert Pires | | MD | David Dunn |
| FD | Thierry Henry | S2 | WR | Keith Gillespie |
| FD | Dennis Bergkamp | S3 | FD | Matt Jansen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S1 | MD | Craig Hignett |
| S2 | FD | Sylvain Wiltord | S2 | FD | Marcus Bent |
| | | S3 | FD | Mark Hughes |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Graeme Souness |