| Manchester City | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Peter Schmeichel | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Niclas Jensen | | DR | Craig Short |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Martin Taylor |
| S1 | DR | Mikkel Bischoff | | DR | Henning Berg |
| MD | Ali Benarbia | | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| MD | Eyal Berkovic | | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | S3 | MD | David Thompson |
| AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S2 | WR | Keith Gillespie |
| S2 | WR | Chris Shuker | S1 | FD | Andy Cole |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Danny Tiatto | S1 | FD | Corrado Grabbi |
| S2 | FD | Shaun Goater | S2 | AM | Alan Mahon |
| | | S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Graeme Souness |