| Arsenal | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Seaman | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Ashley Cole | DR | Sun Jihai | ||
| DR | Oleg Luzhny | DR | Niclas Jensen | ||
| DR | Martin Keown | S2 | DR | Steve Howey | |
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | Patrick Vieira | MD | Ali Benarbia | ||
| S1 | MD | Edu | MD | Eyal Berkovic | |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | ||
| FD | Dennis Bergkamp | AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips | ||
| FD | Sylvain Wiltord | S1 | FD | Darren Huckerby | |
| FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Nicolas Anelka | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Kolo Toure | S1 | FD | Shaun Goater |
| S2 | MD | Kevin Horlock | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Kevin Keegan | ||||