| Chelsea | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Celestine Babayaro | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Mario Melchiot | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Marcel Desailly | | DR | Laurent Blanc |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | John O'Shea |
| MD | Frank Lampard | | MD | David Beckham |
| MD | Bolo Zenden | | MD | Nicky Butt |
| S1 | MD | Emmanuel Petit | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | Enrique De Lucas | S1 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S3 | AM | Gianfranco Zola | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S2 | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | S3 | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jesper Gronkjaer | S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| S2 | FD | Carlton Cole | S2 | MD | Juan Sebastian Veron |
| S3 | FD | Eidur Gudjohnsen | S3 | FD | Diego Forlan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Claudio Ranieri | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |